Originally Posted by
hans brinker
Probably unrelated to this accident but deserves a rebuttal:...As far as I know the B737 manual states that during stall recovery with high engine power full nose down elevator might not be enough and reminds the crew to use aircraft nose down trim.
I agree this note in the manual is likely not related to this accident. All the data available indicates the accident aircraft was well above stall airspeed for the pressure altitude they were operating in and thus there was plenty of elevator authority available.