The incredible numbers browsing the site, more than I have ever seen for a crash here, have not been rewarded, with some exceptions, with the usual level of informed opinion (e.g. BA 038). There has been far too much flaming of the media and of ill-advised posters who should have been filtered out. And why not simply delete most of the first 4 or 5 pages when nobody knew anything at all, and try and concentrate on what people believe to be credible rumours and make informed and responsible speculation?
For my tuppence worth, what about a stall of the right wing? The eye-witness driver is unlikely to have been wrong about seeing the wing hit the ground. If the wing was stalling, would that cause it to veer right? Maybe if a hydraulic failure caused the leading edge slats to retract (or is there mechanical lock-out?). It still leaves open the question of what was going on with the good engine. Aspects of this crash recall the DC-10 at Chicago 1979.
From seeing the el Mundo pictures it also seems that the aircraft fire started a brush-fire, which would explain the white smoke and the water-bombing helo and the large area of blackened ground around the emergency vehicles.