Originally Posted by
20driver
Reading about the accident - pretty amazing that they made it back around with that much damage and in IMC.
As to why execute a go round when you have already made contact, that is another question. I guess part of it is just a startle reflex. Logically it makes no sense to go round when you have hit the ground and damaged the plane. Reminds me of the AC DC-8 that bounced very hard at Toronto and went around. That did not end well. CVR transcript gave me chills.
20driver
They had no idea of the damage untherwise I am sure they would have hit the binders. In their defence they had about 2 or 3 seconds to think about it. We of course had a couple of days, big difference.