Most of you already know I'm not a Commercial Pilot but I would like to ask a couple of questions without commenting on the rights, wrongs, why did/didn't he's? that have been put forward.
1 Some have asked why or if fuel was dumped. Would dumping fuel have possibly caught fire, similar to Concorde, resulting in a huge trail of burning fuel being blown backwards towards the cabin with catastrophic results?
2 Where space and time are available, would turning the aircraft 180degrees so that it is not pointing into wind help keep the flames away a little longer? I seem to recall some mention of this being a factor at Manchester.
As I have said, I am asking purely out of interest.