I’m still wondering where this statement about “the report clearly stating visual circuits” came from :P .
That’s where the whole weather story hinged on but is now quiet about it...
Besides that, yes... read the initial statement by the Estonian Safety Investigation Bureau. The info has been there for some time. I will speculate a bit and say that the main issue is to figure out what caused the pitch issue on the Go part of the touch and go.
Sequence:
- Successful landing
- Pitch/control issue and unable to gain altitude but did liftoff
- Impacted runway with engines and gear doors, so likely gear was already in transit up
- Managed liftoff again, climbout and turn initiated to land on 26
- After turn, double engine failure, quite probably due damage sustained from initial impact after the pitch issue
No birds or hard touch and go mentioned anywhere (yet). Weather, don’t rule it out as factor but also don’t be dramatic about what is essentially a pretty decent winter flying day. It’s not like they were out doing base training with RVR 550m and VV 200ft or something.