I have always been impressed by the general tone of this forum in that contributors in the main go where the facts lead them. This makes good sense as both those up front and SLF like myself have a strong interest in learning from accidents so as not to repeat them. Sadly the notion that an objective truth even exists is rare these days, especially when financial issues and national pride are involved. In a case like this one, it may be that what comes out on PPRuNe is as close as we will ever get to understanding what happened.