Originally Posted by
FullWings
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Sadly, I think the accident crews never really got beyond the startle/react phase as there were too many audible, tactile and mental distractions to allow much in the way of a diagnostic loop to develop.
It's not only the overloading cockpit cacophony, but also the conflicting alarms in itself (IE over speed and stall warning at the same time, and probably some more), as well, the AP dropping out and the friendly "you have control" to the pilot(s). All at the same time. Go figure.
And with the stick-shaker shaking your teeth out, there is little muscle tension monitoring capacity left, to determine, whether the aircraft is out of trim, until the yoke forces get in the order of magnitude of the stick-shaker forces. This happens in seconds, so yeah, before you realize it, the yoke force gets immense and the whole beyond recovery.