Originally Posted by
Bfah
How fast would the rotation have started?
If it made it to flight idle before it rotated, then it would have happened faster than you could react to. Plus keep in mind the right skid was off the ground and tail skid hit the ground during the sequence. My guess given their location and the task they may have been knocked down first before trying to get away. Sometimes when sheet hits the fan we dont always react as we think we would. Really feel for the AME on this one given what he went through and saw.