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Old 9th Jun 2009, 00:55
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AP/off

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According to ACAS, the Auto Pilot off is one of the very first messages. SafetyConcern says, the message doesn't indicate whether it's an automatic or manual switch off. Since it was not preceeded by any other material messages, I think it likely that the autopilot was turned off manually. To me, all the messages that follow are just fallout. The real event happened before 02:10 when the AP went off. And since there wereno failure messages before the AP/off, it wasn't equipment failure that made the pilots turn off the AP. It wasn't a VS breaking off, as the hydraulic failure messages would have preceeded the AP/off message.
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