Originally Posted by
gordonroxburgh
AOA - Ignore any discussion about this until the facts are known from the FDR.
The untrained eye witnesses don't understand the different landing attitudes of different aircraft, so will always say "hey he was very nose up" or words to that effect.
the BA777 incident proved this, witnesses said he had a high AOA, but the reality was that the crew lowered the nose to try to get the airspeed back.
From the interim report in the 777 case it would appear that the witness reports were correct until about 150 AGL (AoA increasing while A/P tries to hold GS and looses speed) and then PF responds at stick shaker by getting nose down and probably saving many lives through excellent flying.