Originally Posted by
B Fraser
The Staines Trident crash was due to the Captain bringing in the leading edge droops, which was not called out by either of the two junior crew on the flight deck. They either did not notice (unlikely IMHO) or the gradient of command was an inhibiting factor.
Was this able to be proven though? If I recall correctly the aircraft had a limited FDR and no CVR, and although the droops were found retracted I thought that the scenario of the Captain retracting them was a 'best guess'?