Originally Posted by
EDLB
Since the Ju52 is a slow bird, it takes more than a simple stall to wind down in an arrow like descending crash. Normally you and especial the two experienced pilots would have recovered the bird within 500 to 1000 feet even from a power-on or power-off stall. And it did not crash in a flat spin. There is reason to believe that they had those altitude margin. So there is more to the story which hopefully will come to light in due time.
Thanks.
This indeed, more eloquently than I would have been able, summarize while I'm perplexed.
I don't see any obvious scenario where they would end up in an almost vertical dive from apparent controlled flight, with no structural damage, relatively tame weather and a very experienced crew. Sure there are some less likely situations that could think of but this remains somewhat baffling. Time will hopefully tell.