Reuters: Experts question bird strike as cause of South Korea plane crash

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way too early for analysis and speculation. These media "experts" drive me nuts.
Generally speaking, when something like this happens, there are numerous failures that lead up to the disaster. Sometimes, a large number of simultaneous system failures and warnings can easily overwhelm the crew to a point that they can't even identify which are the most critical in the very short amount of time that they have to react, identify, and troubleshoot. The gear-up landing could have been on purpose as a reaction to reduce the risk of losing something more critical. Of course these disasters also often include crew mistakes or poor judgement or reactions. It's impossible to know right now.
But this crew was in deep doodoo no matter what because the runway they had to work with was half the required length for this equipment loaded out, even on a good day with a functioning airplane. This is all assuming I am getting valid information. What I read stated the runway length at only 2,800ft, which is impossibly short for this equipment and load out even if it were functioning properly.
What a terrible tragedy, it's very sad.