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Originally Posted by Konovalov
I'm going to take a stab at it and guess that wind shear struck the 777 in the final moments of it's approach. At lunchtime outside our office the weather was highly changeable in that the wind was at times gusting very strongly before suddenly dropping down in intensity to almost total calm. We also had from no where a sudden burst of rain which was almost like hail. In short the weather was very unsettled. I'm guessing from this that we were on the edge of a weather front around the Heathrow and Hounslow areas between 11am to around 3pm when the weather was extremely unsettled.
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I thought something like wind myself. On german TV they said that the plane all of a sudden dropped massively while already being very close to the runway. While I cannot exlcude tehcnical defects of course, I think wind is the most likely candidate for being the origin of this mess.
as was said above, the 777 has a good reputation for technical reliability. And as far as this amateur that i am can say, i prefer the cockpit ergonomy of modern Boeing designs anytime over Airbus. I cannot imagine that we have to think in terms of pilot error regarding this accident.