If it flies just like a regular airplane, why weren't they able to fly it that way? They apparently had full engine power and the controls were apparently working, or were they?
All indications are that the controls were working... i.e. Ailerons and Elevators folow the stick inputs closely.
Unfortunately, unless one has experience in how an A320 flies in the stall, one cannot work out if the bahviour of the aircraft to those control inputs is as would be expected.
Would they have been able to prevent the accident it they had started at FL140?
I reckon so... in the last seconds speed was good and increasing (250K+), pitch was increasing, AoB approx 0. If the pitch increase rate was maintained it would be 0 pitch in ~5s, and another 2-3s (?)should have seen the aircraft climbing...
So from 15:45:55 the Autotrim was enabled, but no THS movement is recorded.
Same thoughts with me... but with the dynamic manouevres, and no doubt high Load Factor, it might be inhibited? I am not sure of the logic to which it works?
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