Originally Posted by SASless
Why would a Gear Up landing not have been a better option?
The aircraft could have probably been salvaged.
IIRC, one gear leg wouldn't come down, and then the other wouldn't go up.
A landing would have therefore had to have been on one main leg only, which was deemed too risky - I'm pretty sure there was historic experience that supported that decision. Potential to flip on its back rings a bell.