Originally Posted by
ChrisNH38
I think the forensics here (retrieved data and first-person interviews of crew and passengers) will yield a rather quick answer to my most vexing question:
1.) The gear never came down
2.) The gear came down but the crew retracted it because of a TOGA...albeit prematurely
3.) The gear was down but collapsed due to a hard (wind-shear) bounce.
#1 & #2 point to the crew, IMO; #3 points to something else.
My betting is on a combination of 2 & 3.
They bounced, tried to go around, retracted the gear, but then sank back onto the runway. Pure guesswork though.