Re: upset report; rather surprised nobody has thought fit to comment on their radar setting technique;-
During climb, at about FL180, both crew members adjusted their navigation displays to a range of 320nm, the weather radar was set to maximum gain and a tilt angle to alternate between -0.5 and -1.0 degrees.
Both on 320 nm scale? In the climb? In ITCZ territory?! I find the roughest rides when flying through those small green blobs that appear seemingly out of nowhere at close range (i.e "dry" clouds that don't reflect well on radar, but are nevertheless well on the way to fully developed CB's; a lot of unseen energy pushing them all the way up to 35,000 ft).
But on a lighter note, liked this comment,
I think the most shocking thing about this whole incident is that someone
managed to get an A343 into a rapid climb...
