Originally Posted by
Anvaldra
Some colleagues flew there that day and experienced very unstable atmosphere which caused speed shift, beyond the limitation in certain cases
That would seem to contradict the THY crew`s report that they were in smooth conditions.
However the accident flight was in known wx conditions with active CB cells around.
So pitot icing remains the favorite.
The crew was alerted to instrument differences at 14:31:55 and at 14:39:39 recording ceased. Just about 8 minutes, that`s more than enough time to identify the problem and sort things out would be my thoughts. Am afraid there is nothing in the report that makes me think other than the crew`s failure to cope with instrument malfunction.
The curious thing is that the captain`s remains have not been found/identified. Especially having regard to the facts that the aircraft impacted the ground intact, at low speed, the debris field was not extensive and the victims died of blunt trauma injuries. That seems to be the only question remaining about this particular accident.