turbulence penetration speed
does anyone have any information on what the source of the "flew too slow" message was, that was on the media today?
German national radio (Deutschlandfunk) even reported that Airbus had issued an advisory, "reminding pilots not to fly too slow when entering adverse weather" they said.
Has anyone seen that?
What are the critical speeds for a 330 at the given conditions for maximum mach number, stallspeed and turbulence penetration?
Also, if there is any creedence to be given to these report, has there been any data that would allow calculating the aircraft's speed at the time of the event? Do the acars messages contain gps location and timestamp?
Somehow, given the unfolding of events that those messages indicate, I can't quite believe that structural failing was at the beginning of the chain of events. Surely, if the aircraft structure had been damaged enough to render such vital systems inop within short time, a hull breach/decompression would have been recorded early on, not just after four minutes.
Btw, it's interesting to see how most of the "experts" talking to media seem to be retired somethings. Mechanics, pilots, just about anything, but all retired. It seems that those who still are in the business often answer the right thing: "we don't know" - which, of course, isn't acceptible if you're writing for a 1st page headline.