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Old 27th Nov 2007, 17:48
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No, not discounting the CVR but recognizing that words provide reactions to data, not data itself. The CVR will absolutely be of high collaborating interest. It is the TLA's which were either already at 45deg or suddenly became 45 deg (or close), closely followed by forward movement as sensed either by wheelspeed or IRS groundspeed plus the 'g' in all 3 axiis. We already know that the TL's were closed 2 seconds before impact, so it will be interesting to see when they were moved up into the EPR = 1.26 regime. I suspect it will be more than a minute before the aircraft began moving as I don't subscribe to the "falling on thrust levers" theory, but the data including any expressions of surprise on the CVR will tell us - if it's ever released.
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