-Secondary slide took 260lbs of pull to remove from casing which had hit the ground at near supersonic speed...
-trim nose down from cruise position
-VGV/MEC/HPC/Thr Quadrant indicative of high power setting
-speedbrakes down
-near vertical impact
-transonic speed
-CVR fail
-FDR fail
and P-H gets pinged? Don't like the double action servo valve on principle, but theres a point where the simple answer is the most likely answer, certainly it cannot be ruled out in the condition of lack of evidence. There is no evidence that the rudder was hard over to the right, in fact the evidence is contrary, slight left deflection. That the pilot(s) decided that full power and nose down trim was necessary to achieve a recovery from a high speed vertical dive is an indication as to the lack of basic knowledge that pervades at least 12 jurors.
Last edited by fdr; 20th November 2012 at 00:35.