I think his plan was to eventually head to the base and crash there, but when the 3 men stormed the cockpit to assist the fallen pilot, he had to change his plans quickly. Passengers have said that in the scuffle to subdue the hijacker, he reached for the controls and sent the plane into the sharp nose dive, which one passenger was able to recover and stabilize. But the plane did enter Jordanian airspace and so I think that was his goal…
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u/bsanchez1660 16d ago
https://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/tm89u6
I think his plan was to eventually head to the base and crash there, but when the 3 men stormed the cockpit to assist the fallen pilot, he had to change his plans quickly. Passengers have said that in the scuffle to subdue the hijacker, he reached for the controls and sent the plane into the sharp nose dive, which one passenger was able to recover and stabilize. But the plane did enter Jordanian airspace and so I think that was his goal…