nopax
I find it hard to believe that the starter-gen switches were both left in the start position, as there are two bright amber lights top left and right of the annunciation panel, which we should be checking a dozen times before takeoff
I would agree, except for having heard of two cases now where it occurred. I do think that the French aircraft might have had poor SOPs as a contributing factor, if they were switching auto ignition on in flight, but we don't know the SOPs for this operation.