Lateral Thinking Puzzles - third time is best!

Keep 'em coming.

Did the accident happen because a driver was scared by the crocodile?

Was the crocodile inside the vehicle?

Was more than one crocodile involved?

Was it an adult? Juvenile? Baby? Egg?

Was it alive? dead? was it part of a crocodile, e.g. the skin?

Keep 'em coming.

Gotta ask this: was the croc driving?

Was the vehicle a boat? A car? A bus?

Nope.

No to all of these.

Was the vehicle a train? A trolley?

Was the croc being transported?

No to both.

Yes.

A truck, then?

Did the croc get loose inside the vehicle?

Did the croc get loose out from the vehicle?

Did the croc interfere with the driver somehow?

The victims–were some or all of them not on the vehicle but, rather, were folks who were unfortunate enough to be somewhere along the route at the wrong time?
Was transporting the croc the main or only reason for the vehicle to be in transit?
Or was the croc just one of several items of cargo?

No to everything here.

No to these.

Yes to this.

Not many transport options left …

Was it on an Airplane ?
Hot air balloon ?
Rocket ?

Noah’s Ark?!

Yes, to airplane.

Nope.

Okay, croc’s on a plane.

Did it cause the plane to crash?

Did it do something to the air in the cabin? E.g., causing a drop in air pressure?

I’m a little unclear here on what remains to be solved. An airplane was carrying a crocodile (among other cargo), the croc startled the pilot and caused a crash, and the crash killed 20 people. Aside from the slight incongruity of a crocodile being transported by plane (but hey, they have to get to zoos somehow), this all seems straightforward.