Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
Unless I've missed something, no evidence has emerged yet that confirms the gear was lowered at all on the first approach.
My money says the FDR will show the aircraft to have been entirely serviceable up to the point where the engines first scraped the runway. We can however expect no end of 'Smoke & Mirrors' from the airline and government authorities in pursuit of 'No fault here' and 'We are a safe airline'. What is for sure is that they will go after the last man standing..... That will probably be the Head of training or Chief Pilot or whoever they can attach the slightest blame to. It's just the way it works there......