The most likely cause is that the flight crew found out that their chief
flight attendant was Hillary, and they all panicked at the same time.

"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"Ron A." wrote in news:TLSjj.40078$Ux2.4927@attbi_s22:

It almost sounds like reverse thrust came on at least one engine.

Steeper than normal glideslope and offset from runway center line.



Best guess yet. I hadn't thought of that, but it's a distinct possibility.
A loss of one engine would not be that big an issue at that stage of the
flight, even with full flaps out, but a reverser deployment woud make a ot
of sense from what I've heard about the accident. Thee are a LOT of
safeties on the reversers, but it has happened to airplanes in the past.



Bertie