The
link I posted above to an interview this morning with the Pakistan Aviation Minister may possibly have some significance (or then again, perhaps not...). I quoted his words about the present crash; but he then went on to talk about the problem in PIA of pilots with forged qualifications. Whether he was linking the one to the other was not clear.
BTW, I asked above whether the A320 CVR remains powered after dual engine failure, either by the RAT or by some other battery power. I know that this was under discussion by Airbus, the FAA, CAA etc etc in 2018. But I'm not sure what was decided and what actually implemented, for what a/c. It's therefore possible that both the FDR and CVR went down on engine failure, and that the last couple of minutes of the flight was unrecorded. Anyone know differently?