One day after the crash, speculation was that fierce winds above Mount Fuji were responsible. The New York Times reported: Despite these reports of a fire and explosion aviation experts said that adverse wind conditions around the volcanic cone about south of Tokyo may have caused the crash. The vicinity of the -foot peak is notorious for tricky air currents. Technicians in New York said that a condition could exist where turbulent air could have caused the aircraft to undergo a drastic manoeuvre that might lead to a crash. Such violent forces, they said, might have caused an engine to disintegrate, possibly setting fire to the wing or fuselage.