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Old 3rd Jul 2020, 22:24
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FlightDetent

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Best educated guess is that the landing would be pretty much the same (they did manage it after all), only around 60 mph slower. Vacate the runway with hottish brakes (500 deg), engage the cooling fans and 15 minutes later a forensic examiner wound not find a single atom misplaced.

My personal opinion (based on nothing but gut feeling how pilot psyche works) is they were no strangers to wild approaches, but this one was still a league steeper than experienced occasionally before. The sensory overload and unexpected behaviour debilitated the crew, rendering them incapable to put 1+1 together (read the landing C/L and discover the true gear state) nor break the error chain by going around while it still made sense.
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