Originally Posted by
offa
Nacelle scrape could have been from an early retraction on take-off with aircraft settling and causing additional damage or suspected damage to gear, The initial approach could have been inspection flypast before the fatal approach?
Originally Posted by
pattern_is_full
I do have doubts that a crew would attempt to complete a 550nm flight if they had bounced the engines on the tarmac on take-off, but you just never know.
I listened to the 0800Z recording of their departure out of Lahore on LiveATC.net No mention is made any damage or anomaly.
Seems hard to imagine a gear up pass going all the way down to touchdown in a 'modern' airliner.
Still, some odd things happen in South Asia.
Remember the Air India crew that was low on fuel after forgetting to raise the gear on takeoff?
Boy, it's noisy in here!