From: ulickmagee@feckoff.invalid   
      
   On 04/03/2020 13:33, towbar wrote:   
   >   
   > i know it was on fire, that pieces ruptured the tank bottoms, etc. I   
   > also have my own idea about what caused the ruptures but this is not   
   > about that. THIS is about how the fire caused the crash? Was there   
   > engine failure, control failure?   
      
   One engine was shut down by the crew following a fire warning, shutting   
   it down was in hindsight a mistake as they couldn't raise the gear and   
   needed all the thrust they could get. Of course the fire wasn't in the   
   engine, but the crew weren't to know that.   
      
   The adjacent engine ingested hot gases from the fire, and lost much of   
   its thrust.   
      
   With gear down, effectively two engines out, and heavy, they had no   
   chance unfortunately.   
      
   If the tanks hadn't been overfilled (the aircraft took off above MTOW)   
   the rupture might not have happened.   
      
   The investigation concluded that a fire of that severity would   
   inevitably lead to loss of structural integrity and a crash, even if all   
   engines were operational.   
      
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