The Luxembourgish press (not the most professional or objective IMHO
) says that the investigation is now focusing on the landing gear, as apparently there were some issues a few years ago on the Dash 8:
Luxemburger Wort - Ermittlungen konzentrieren sich auf Fahrwerk
In the mean while, another Luxembourgish newspaper already came to the conclusion that the crew did everything correct:
L'essentiel Online - «Der Pilot hat richtig gehandelt» - Nachrichten Great, so we don't need to wait for the conclusion of the investigation!
A very strange accident indeed, especially judging from the limited and conflicting information. As Joe_K mentioned it's somehow it's very difficult to believe that an experienced crew, after V1 and immediately after lift-off and gear retraction, would cut the power and crashland an aircraft gear up on the remaining runway for a 'simple' smoke warning. I wonder if they even got airborne at all, or if the gear collapsed/retracted upon rotation perhaps due to some technical issue?