The two reasonable theories I have heard are some sort of mechanical failure with the wings or an oxygen tank that was onboard exploded somehow

Bullshit. That’s a snuff film.

everything is political fodder for Trump.

Or DJT will just dismissively wave his hand to the FAA investigators and tell them not to bother looking into it.

“I own the TV, cause Tragedy thrills me. Whatever flavor, it happens to be...Cause I need to watch things die, from a distance.” - Tool

Yeah, that gif seems a bit much. 

six people onboard the plane were all Mexican citizens

Do we (as a society of media consumers and producers) really need to show 6 people dying?

While it sucks, you can easily understand that an overworn skid block meant they had some aero advantage over all the other cars. Not sure what IMSA is supposed to do other than DQ them. If you let this go, then next race someone has the same failure, conveniently. Go look at the nascar dented door (and other racing…

Ride height damper failed means car was too low. Makes sense. The part the team conveniently didn’t mention is that a lower ride height usually means the aero works better, so it may have given them a slight edge that helped take the win, even if it was completely unintenional on their part.

Yeah, I don’t think they were cheating, and I understand why they appealed the decision, but there was never going to be a scenario where they win that one. Worn plank is worn plank, no matter how it happened. 

If lives were lost you would bet your ass they would be part of the lawsuit.  On that note, their lawyers must not be the best.  If they were semi-competent, they would have ensured the FAA and any other ruling body would approve.

Yeah. That statement ALONE should disqualify them from ever operating an aircraft for the remainder of their natural lives*.

he argues that the twin Cessnas would not technically be aircraft during the skydiving portion of the stunt, but free-falling objects, and thus not required to have a pilot onboard....

> I call dibs on the Garmin 430 and HSI

Um, they run an F1 team. That alone should tell you their drink has large margins built in.  They probably spend more on catering in a typical race weekend than this stunt cost, all in.

Airplane stunts gone wrong is an infinitesimal amount of Red Bull’s fuck you money marketing budget.

The FAA can also tell them to go pound planes into sand as well

It makes me reconsider a $4 can of caffeinated vitamin water if they’re making enough to crash planes for marketing.

When you do stupid crap like that, you should not have a pilots licence.