Jackonicko, this is getting stupid and old. Do you really believe that the Captain
planned to do a "loss of control/departure/spin/ground impact"? Of course you don't (I hope)! Since crash landing wasn't an option, the Captain took a neck or nothing decision to try to reach Le Bourget. Unfortunately there was probably no cure at that point.
If you mention "why didn't he just land straight ahead?" in your article you will IMO take away some of your credibility.
Btw. as mentioned in the previous thread a delta wing doesn't stall at all (as far as I recall even the late Captain Trubshaw mentioned that in the media after the crash).
[Edit] You didn't specific mention stall anywhere. But a lot of others do. Just before you will be all over me
[ 29 August 2001: Message edited by: cosmo kramer ]