ChristianJ
My point, you may have missed, is you NEVER shut down an engine on fire below 1000 ft agl if it is producing thrust. No twice thinking, no time, just rule of life.
bjornhall - your posts :
"An aircraft was overweight...not a factor". Probably not on all engines (illegal of course) but significent with an engine out.
"out of trim ?" BEA report, albeit marginally.
"taking off downwind". After receiving the ATC wind check, no comment on the CVR, read the BEA report. In my opinion the 3rd factor, and probably most significent in the accident. Also probably outside Flight Manual limits and therefore illegal.
Back to Christian. Are you saying that after 2 mins the aircraft crashed due to structural failure from fire damage ? My reading of the report was that they had to reduce power on the two good engines to reduce bank.
The aircraft stalled, hence no forward motion. Small point, but had it flown a little further it would probably not killed people on the ground.
It will be interesting to hear the result of the Judicial review.