pattern is full, vilas, thanks for your responses regarding my characterization of the descent - I agree with you both and my over-eager post describing the Germanwings descent has been corrected, (strike-out of "near-vertical").
The point being made in the post, "...it is encouraging to know that both recorders' chips survived the very high-speed impact with solid-rock and were readable (four days' later).", stands of course and remains encouraging, at least until we hear otherwise.
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