Thanks Pigboat. Nice of you to say.
They just brought the bodies through MEM last night. Everyone and their families turned out.
As for this forum - it's getting pretty deep, ain't it?
Flaps were at 35. 50 is for ILS's to mins, and short short runways.
If you bounce an MD11, you stick the pitch at 10 degrees up and firewall the power.
Just my speculation, but after watching the video too many times, I'd say there's a fair chance the crew was incapacitated by the nosegear strike after the first touchdown. One hell of an impact. I heard rumors it blew the tires clean off the axle.....