If the Flex temperature entered in the MCDU (FMC interface) is too high (ie., higher than the OAT),
PJ2, slip of the finger there? The flex temp is, by definition, always higher than the IOAT. Isn't it?
Wouldn't it be nice if everyone would take the advice of one poster above and desist from speculation and wait until the official report comes out? The only
fact we have to date is that the aeroplane suffered substantial damage on takeoff
for reason or reasons unknown and that the pilots managed to get the damaged aircraft back on the ground
in one piece without injuring one of their passengers or other crew.
I don't know it for a fact, but judging by the hearsay evidence of wheel tracks off the end of the runway and clipped LLZR aerials, they appear to have managed with some skill to avert what could well have been a catastrophic accident.