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Old 23rd Jan 2009, 12:49
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It will interesting to learn if any pitch control remained available after the empennage entered the water, thereby slowing down the tendency for the nose to drop quickly. It looked reasonably controlled and not too violent in the video ,which was of course a large plus in the survivability.
Again thumbs up to Airbus if the integrity of the flight controls was not compromised by the initial impact with the water.
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