Originally Posted by LaissezPasser
I’m curious what you all read this tea leaf in Ben Otto’s latest WSJ story:
But investigators are now focusing on reasons for a subsequent abrupt altitude drop, these people said, followed by the fatal dive. Operation of another flight-control system, called the angle of attack indicator, also is bound to be examined by the probe, according to safety experts. Such devices are critical in telling aviators how high or low an aircraft’s nose is pointing. Angle of attack sensors operate independently from airspeed sensors.
Not much, seems like stating some pretty obvious general observations for the benefit of those without the aviation background to realize that they're obvious.