Extended Main Landing Gear.
Firstly....
Dutch wrote:-
"It has been and it is clear to me that neither Airbus, AF or the french government are ducking their responsibilities".Would agree Dutch. Lets give some credit where credit is due - there are a lot of professionals engaged in this.
Secondly...
As has been touched on in a number of earlier posts, including that running in Rumours & News, "AF447 wreckage found" (hopefully the moderators will merge the two) what of the significance of the Landing Gear being extended - as appears apparent in the photo's so far released.
Could that be a crew action in some effort to arrest speed/gain control of the descent? Or is it a reasonable post impact result?