question about 32 seconds from brake release.
as in previous posts concerning passenger realizing something wrong...I indicated that about 30 seconds in all jets is about right to reach Vr with exceptions for high altitude, high weight, high temps etc.
with this information I am quite convinced that the pilots did not realize what was happening even at the last possible second to rotate early. considering that they were about 10 knots short of regular rotation speed, had they realized the problem they might have staggered into the air below safety speed...
also quite concerned that heading after takeoff was assigned 220 degrees according to NTSB...perhaps there was a heading indicator problem? otherwise the heading bug wouldn't have made sense.
and it is the low hanging fruit which can kill us, or at least bang us on the head if we are too tall.
j