Robert M. Gary writes:

Most takeoffs are downwind because the socks at each end of the field
usually face away from each other. Do you want downwind 13 or downwind
31?? High-density altitude airport? If this wasn't so sad, I'd laugh
at that comment. Its amazing how much ignorant statements you see from
pilots, often worse than the news.

My guess, from watching the video and hearing about the number of people
aboard, was that the aircraft was overloaded. And the only reason anyone died
was probably that the plane flipped over, otherwise they might have all walked
away from it.