Originally Posted by
Roll Inverted and Pull
Fact: the RJ is 1/2 mile off the end of the short runway. How do you suppose it got there?
Roll Inverted,
If you really are a retired 767 Captain, then you of all people should know that what meets the eye during the initial stages of an accident investigation might not add up.
While I agree that there is a highly PROBABILITY that the crew departed the wrong runway, there are several other possibilites that need to be ruled out before I can definitively state that I KNOW FOR SURE WHAT HAPPENED (As you seem to have done).
Here's a list of some other possibilities that I'd want to rule out before making any certainties:
Improper reaction to V1 cut (right engine)
Rudder PCU runaway (full right deflection)
Asymmetrical flap retraction (right wing only)
Aileron PCU runaway (right wing down)
Windshear (from reported localized level 3 storm at approximate time of departure)
Improper flap setting
Bird Strike
Have you seen the radar tapes?
Were you there?
How do you know for certain that the flight didn't depart runway 22, then lose an engine and end up doing a right 360 and end up in that location?
Can you be positive that there wasn't an equipment malfunction of some sort?