earlier i spoke to alastair rosenschein, a former british airways pilot, now an aviation consultant basedstbourne well, there are a number of reasons why you can't get the undercarriage to deploy. primarily amongst that would be a loss of hydraulic pressure. so, you know, it is possible to crank the gear down. but, you know, at this stage it's, you know, we're into an area of speculation. what i can say is that the video that i've seen shows the aircraft doing a wheels up, landing on the runway, and then the aircraft skids to the right of the runway and into some structure. it's been said it was a wall. and then, of course, the aircraft disintegrates into a ball of fire. now it's near impossible to control an aircraft on the landing roll as the speed reduces with the gear up. and so that would explain why the aircraft skidded off to one side. the reports of a bird strike could result in a worst case scenario and loss of hydraulics as well. if both engines are severely damaged. so would the birds have had to have hit the engines? is that what you're saying? well, yes. i mean, a bird strike

joining us now on the line is alastair rosenschein, a former british airways pilot, now an aviation consultantat is your first impression of hearing about how they couldn't seem to get the landing gear down? what do you think is cause this?— think is cause this? good morning- _ think is cause this? good morning. well, - think is cause this? good morning. well, there's . think is cause this? good morning. well, there's a| think is cause this? good - morning. well, there's a number of reasons why you can't get the undercarriage to deploy. primarily it would be a loss of hydraulic pressure. it is possible to crank the gear down, but at this stage we are into an area of speculation. what i can say is that the video i have seen shows the aircraft doing wheels up landing on the runway and then the aircraft skids to the right of the runway and into some structure, a wall, and then of course the aircraft disintegrates into a ball of fire. it's near impossible to control an aircraft on the landing run as the speed reduces, with the gear up so that would explain why the aircraft skidded off to one side.

earlier i spoke to alastair rosenschein, a former british airways pilot, now an aviation consultant basedbourne — i asked him what could have prevented the landing gear from functioning properly... well, there are a number of reasons why you can't get the undercarriage to deploy. primarily amongst that would be a loss of hydraulic pressure. so, you know, it is possible to crank the gear down. but, you know, at this stage it's, you know, we're into an area of speculation. what i can say is that the video that i've seen shows the aircraft doing a wheels up, landing on the runway, and then the aircraft skids to the right of the runway and into some structure. it's been said it was a wall. and then, of course, the aircraft disintegrates into a ball of fire. now it's near impossible to control an aircraft on the landing roll as the speed reduces with the gear up. and so that would explain why the aircraft skidded off to one side. the aircraft skidded the reports of a bird strike could result in a worst case scenario and loss of hydraulics as well. if both engines are severely damaged. so would