On Jan 17, 5:23*pm, "Blueskies" wrote:
What the heck happened? Fuel starvation? Doesn't sound like wind shear could have been an issue.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...30291_apbritai...

All the speculation on here is amusing as usual.

It will most likely turn out to be one of two things:

1. Pilot error (he may try to blame the equipment for his own mistake,
that has happened before).
2. Some system failure, or combination of configurations that resulted
in an unexpected result.

My money is on 1. given that the reports state that the glideslope was
unusual, and he may simply have gotten himself behind the power curve.

We should know what really happened in about two weeks when the
investigators have finished reviewing the flight data recorder and
voice recorder data, along with their interviews of the crew and pax
and inspection of the plane and impact site.

The airplane will probably be flying again within 6 months to a year.
Boeing sent an AOG team to India once to repair a 747 that was damaged
worse than this 777 in a landing accident, and had it flying again in
about that time.

Dean