Originally Posted by
remi
The later/last still of the flaps from the passenger video, to my eye, clearly showed them deployed at a greater angle. So the photo in this article doesn't necessarily seem relevant. Possibly, deployment was delayed, but I wouldn't know what the appropriate timing for that approach is.
In my own screenshots of the sequence from the interior video the final one clearly showed flap 30, but I’m fairly convinced it had been 15 a moment before from an earlier screenshot. I’m u set the impression that flaps were being fully deployed, aircraft in a nose high attitude, when it broke into a stall.
My experience of observing the flap setting markings when seated by appropriate window is that straight upon flap 30 the aircraft is typically put into a distinct nose down attitude until the flare. Compared to other aircraft it’s a relatively “diving” approach with engines relatively quiet. Other turboprops I travel on board tend to have a flatter final approach on “higher revs”, eg Saab 340.