wrote:
The reversers not deploying despite being activated much earlier might
not be very probable. I say that because 737 isn't yet fly-by-wire
where the automation systems augment/refine and even override pilot
input (remember the Jo'burg runway overrun of an A340 in early '04?).

Ramapriya

We've had squat switches "overriding" gear up commands for many years
before fly-by-wire. Seems to me not too difficult to design a thrust
reverser inhibit circuit based on wheel spin-up. I fail to see how all
this pure speculation on 737 system design sheds light on this
particular incident. I'll wait for the NTSB report, thank-you.