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What evidence would a video of the captain or FO actuating the switch provide that it was intentional? Video still wouldn’t give us any additional information about their thought process, so you would have to use the CVR/FDR data as well and we’d be exactly where we are right now. Have you ever pushed a button or actuated a control thinking that you wanted to at the moment and then realizing afterwards that it was wrong? On video I’m sure it looks pretty intentional, until you react appropriately and reverse your decision. Usually that occurs with some vocal communication about your mistake. Since there was no communication about the toga actuation, the video is going to provide no additional evidence about the intent of the person who did it.

You might be able to use it to make additional assumptions about their intent. If it happened while the captain was returning his hand from the flap handle or the FO was stowing the speed brakes, you might be able to make a case that it was unintentional which is exactly what the investigators already did with the information they had. They also looked at the phase of flight. The aircraft was in a descent at 6000 feet, 40 miles from the destination – so why would anybody actuate TOGA at that time? If it was intentional they would normally make a call out which didn’t happen. There’s lots of evidence that it was unintentional when you look at the overall situation and put their actions in the context of the event. Where do you see even a tiny bit of evidence that the actuation was intentional and what exactly would that look like if you actually had video of the event?