I agree.
On that length of runway, at that temp and altitude, I believe that if you can get the doors closed the MD-11 would make it into the air on three good engines at max rated.
What we may be looking at, though: power settings were undoubtedly set for a certain gross weight - reduced to min required to save the engines. If the weight used was in error, or if the charts were improperly used, this accident could conceivably follow......
All total speculation on my part, though. Easy enough for the investigators to check.
Last edited by Huck; 9th Dec 2009 at 17:22.