circmand, your faith in humanity is touching, but I believe misplaced. I don't KNOW that this is a scam, but I generally think it is a combination insurance/publicity scam. After Balloon Boy, Bernie Madoff, Enron, Iraq WMD, and a zillion other examples of extraordinary human deceit, I look at things with a much more jaded eye than I would have just a few years ago. And this incident really seems to fit the bill. You don't have to be a 911 truther or a Obama birther to think that this crash seems mighty fishy.