Well said M.Mouse!
I'm sick and tired of all the speculation - perhaps people feel an irresistible urge to see their pet theories in the press as, no doubt, a reporter or two will pen some tripe gleaned from the pages of Pprune as a "verifiable source of pilot materiel!"
The AAIB will get to the bottom of this incident and when they make their report public, we shall find out exactly what has happened.
Until then, I thank God that all of our passengers and crew are safe and I take pride in the actions of my Flying colleagues - those at the sharp end who managed to avoid certain disaster, the cabin crew who acted swiftly to evacuate and my own ground staff colleagues who did a sterling job (although some of the idiots of the press might not think so!)
........oh, and some tw4t on Flyertalk suggested lack of maintenance might be to blame! Bo77ocks! Despite all the cost-saving initiatives, there have never been any cuts in BA that would compromise safety!
Our Engineers are first-rate and I'm bloody proud of them too!