At least two witnesses - one a passenger - report the engines were racing or sounding like take-off. Why is everyone ignoring this?
Indeed, it simply doesn't add up with the 'aircraft lost power' theories and it does seem to rule out actual engine failure. Reading through the
Times one witness thought the engines sounded like they were in reverse...uncommanded deployment of the thrust reverses perhaps?
It would explain both the 'roaring' and the 'loss of power'.