Originally Posted by
Lookleft
were then equally committed if not more so to getting the thing back into the air!
and even with the abundance of speed and lift available exactly for that, swept the tarmac yet twice more.
Come to think of it, perhaps they tried to stay on the ground and only abandoned that plan after the third touch, lacking the deceleration (no spoilers, no brakes) and trying not to overrun.
I probably could imagine someone not lowering the gear in the heat of such moment, and then letting the fact escape alongside the landing C/L.,
The excess speed, however, most likely over the limit for any certified landing flap - i.e. either without the landing flap out or inside the red barber pole and possibly both, is still beyond understanding.