A-Floor
see your pm.
Rather than bog this thread down with endless "clever" use of the English language - let's examine the possibilities. Don't get all caught up on the mis-config theory, but rather examine other things which might have gone wrong. As you said, until the relevant authorities tell us what actually happened, all we can do is speculate. But three pages of threads on the same topic is going nowhere fast - rather open other avenues which other people might be interested in?
Do you think we could interest anyone else out there to comment on any other theories - load shift, mis-bugging, engine failures (according to ground "witnesses", there was an "explosion" heard?) In my recent experience of aircraft accidents, 747's don't just run off the end of runways, and I don't think this particular company's crew training can be that much different from anyone else's in the world?