Originally Posted by
Euclideanplane
Not trying to sound optimistic. But the day will come when it has a CCTV track.
I think we know what happened but not why. The rushed descent was because they missed TOD. Why they missed TOD will likely be on the CVR. Hopefully it wasn't an FMS keying error but you never know. We could all speculate about cockpit arguments, visits to the cockpit by a VIP, or both crew sleeping. But once TOD was missed the descent, briefed or not, was rushed. This led to a highly unstabilized approach and whilst the PF was concentrating solely on scrubbing speed and height, the crew jointly forgot to lower the gear. Amazingly the PF got the aircraft down onto the tarmac but without gear extended they were doomed. They most probably would have overrun but I bet they would now trade a runaway excursion for what subsequently happened. So very sad.