Originally Posted by tubby linton
Look at this photograph.Can you see a solid black strip going towards the wall outboard of the left hand bogie?It may not be in line with the current hull position but if you move the hull to the left towards where it was when the no1 engine contacted the wall I think they line up.Locked wheel???
If you apply the translation, that mark is not coming from left set of wheels, but from the
center one !
And a tire is not that large, these wheels were not braking, but crabing.
Now, try and find any braking mark from left hand bogie ?
There is none.
... I'm afraid that airplane was not braking at all !