Originally Posted by
stilton
I don’t believe they had flaps or slats extended in which case TOGA is not even armed
i don’t buy the WSJ theory for a moment, makes absolutely no sense
In the picture I saw the left side of the horizontal stabilizer looked damaged, perhaps they hit a drone
I must admit that was my initial thought. As it fits with the claimed background voice in the last response to ATC. Pull up to avoid a head on with a large drone then damage from the impact and LOC