Originally Posted by babemagnet
Inside info tells me :
Go around due to heavy rain runway not inside.
Badly flown go around due to the fact the autothrottle was off. Only toga was pressed and no thrust was added.
(I take 'inside' to mean "in sight").
If true, that sounds more and more like One-Two-Go at Phuket and brings in the notion that the aircraft may have stalled, ("rain-roughened" airfoil?) - I see BOAC's thread on TechLog - good one
The remarks make the most sense of anything produced on the thread thus far, (in terms of actual/possible causes. I certainly agree with most observations regarding the corporate and safety culture at Lion Air).
The METARs do indicate local CBs but not TS. That there was heavy rain there is little doubt but I find the windshear theory puzzling as it takes more than the kind of downdraft just heavy rain brings to compromise the energy level and reserve thrust from what would be a fairly light B738, (guessing 55t or so).
I wouldn't be surprised if the pitch attitude was quite high at impact, (15 - 18deg or so).
PJ2