Originally Posted by Arik
Two other questions; can anyone now confirm that Alitalia (? I think) went around prior to this approach and did the Afriqiyah captain request ambulances to meet them? Two 'rumours' I've seen but not heard if they are just rumours or real facts??
Rumors, like usual, stand unfounded until now. I don't think that the crash site is really "compact", at least 1 km long, without seeing exactly where is the point of impact (at least before the mosquée).
It seems possible that a collision with those buildings before the mosquée occured, or with the ground when trying to avoid those buildings. Aircraft was not level, it departed on its left (collision or avoidance). Impact was hard as tail was separated with a bad angle, then rotated or flipped. It was a missed final (for whatever reason) then certainly TOGA but too late.
