who would have lowered the gear?
if all the hydraulics ran out and the cable to the uplocks had been yanked by the impact, the gear could have free falled.
there may be other answers too
and, was the NOSE gear found down?
I believe one of our forum members suggested that something went wrong with the 737 prior to any collision. this should not be discounted yet/
why?
if a rapid decompression had happened and a descent started and that descent took the 737 into the legacy, we may have a clue
again, this is just to sort of cleanse the pallet of the mind...I admit that when I first heard this story, my first thought was that that LEGACY had hit the 737...the story seems to be falling to the 737 hit the LEGACY...we shall see in time.
jon