article_snippet: There has been some speculation about the track record of the model which experts were quick to quash.
article_snippet: Patrick Smith, an airline pilot and author of best-selling book Cockpit Confidential, allayed any fears the accident was purely down to the model. '
article_snippet: I am not seeing anything in this accident that encourages me to think it is specific to the model.
article_snippet: I don't like the idea of blaming these accidents on specific models; this question is asked all the time, and all it does it leads to aircraft being compared with other aircraft. '
article_snippet: Crashes are so rare, and so comparing Crashes considering the type of model is statistically hair-splitting. '
article_snippet: The crash is still being investigated.
highlights_snippet: Airline pilot tells MailOnline that nothing about the disaster leads Airline pilot to believe it was down to type of plane .