Originally Posted by
lazard
So MBC reported that pages ripped from the 737 manual were discovered at the crash site. Speculation as to why they didn't lower the landing gear and made a belly landing was not because they forgot in the heat of the moment, but because there was a risk of crashing before reaching the runway due to a lack of thrust if the landing gear was lowered.
Very sad and telling. This might even be a bit of a smoking gun. It’s plausible that pages were ripped out of the QRM (Quick Reference Manual) in an act of desperate troubleshooting.
Assuming that the CVR was recording, it will be very telling as to the decision making process. It seems clear they ran out of time and maybe they lost both engines.
Returning to the QRM, in the case of SR111,
another flight with tragic outcome, the QRM was found partially melted with indications that the flight crew were using it but for different purposes during the emergency.