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Old 9th Feb 2010, 15:28
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KiloMikePapa
 
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Quoting from the report:
The aircraft manufacturer carried out an analysis of the final approach of G‑YMMM’s accident flight to establish the effect of selecting flap 25 at around 240 ft agl. The analysis concluded that, had the crew left the flaps at flap 30, the aircraft would have touched down about 51 m (168 ft) short of the actual touchdown on the accident flight, still within the airfield boundary.
The report also states that if they would have touched down with flaps 30 they would probably have taken out the ILS antenna with a high chance of heavier damage.

Don't you think you have to take into account the fact that flaps were reduced only from 30 deg to 25 deg? I guess this would mainly reduce drag while marginally reducing lift. It would of course be a different story if you would reduce flaps from for example flaps 15 to flaps 10.
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