Originally Posted by
BEagle
Personally it looked to me like a sudden and total loss of thrust......
When? The F135 engine was 'spooling up'. I thought I heard the 'HOWL' as it goes into burner just before the smoke in the first video from the fantail view. Yes it is puzzling I think because we do not have details of the accident. One day we may see a report. [OK now I see the other reply to 'beagle' as I replied here]
Just to add: after lining up I think I see the smoke from the engine disappear and the smoke does not appear again until we hear the engine revving up as noted by 'easy street'.