If there was a controlled ditching gone wrong, why would they ditch. We determined that they didn't encounter significant hail, but even hail taking out the engines would be a stretch. Like others, I'm leaning towards in-flight break-up from overload, spinning, etc, but there's nothing conclusively pointing that way, unless we can rule out a ditching.
Can anyone with more probe knowledge comment on what readings in terms of AS, AOA, and ALT we would expect to see with an ice clogged pitot?
AOA is a separate probe or vane, don't think it uses static, Alt runs off static. AS is pitot and static.
Thought cabin pressure readings could be corrupted by static.
Can't remember the air data system schematic PJ2 posted, but the statics should be cross plumbed between left and right fuselage sides to neutralize effects of side slip and yaw rate, so they wouldn't be effected by yaw due to an engine out transient for example. Though something as severe as a spin probably would impact the static readings.