I personally think it was down to spark plug failure probably bpr6 when we all know it should have bpr9s. well it makes as much sense as some of the other cr*p posted on here. whilst i understand that you real pilots out there need to make sense of this as quickly as you can, this thread has been hijacked by ifs, whatifs, buts and maybees . The only facts at the moment are THAT THE PLANE CAME UP SHORT AND THE CREW SAVED THE DAY.