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Originally Posted by TteFAboB
Pay attention to the 11-12 second or to the 30-31 second. There's a flash of light coming out of the left engine. Is it some sort of optical illusion or could it be fire from the excessive fuel suddenly being dumped in the engine? That would change everything. That's a pretty late point to ram the throttle forward.
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Having a close look at the footage from that camera, I think Chock and TteFAboB are right, that's a flash of fire, presumably from the engine, which would indicate some sort of extreme throttle movement.
Perhaps the throttle was on forward to try and regain takeoff speed, but when it was clear that they were going to run out of runway first, perhaps he rammed the throttle into reverse to try and decrease the impact speed, which perhaps meant the port engine got into reverse first (perhaps creating the flames) and swung the plane to port.
Here's some stills:
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Still 2:
You can just about make out the glare of the light on the wet runway creating that downward spike. It's a pretty large flame, if that is what it is.