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Speed of Sound
Have any of these oddities cost 346 lives?
AF 447 did not recover mainly because stall warnings were disabled and the Flight Directors allowed to provide indications despite the FMS being in alternate law . The crew of 447 were unaware of the control column actions of the other crew member and one was pulling back continually while the other was pushing (this is a certified area in AB and common to all side stick AB) . All these 'oddities' passed EASA certification.