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by cmurf 2630 days ago
Check the airspeed at the time they raised flaps. It was right at Vfe, and increasing.

I don't know the most likely consequence of flying with flaps 5 above Vfe. Maybe flaps would (asynchronously) depart the airplane, or induce flutter at a much lower than usual airspeed. Either of those is an extremely high risk of losing the aircraft.