*twenty-four automatic maintenance messages were received between 02:10 and 02:15 via the ACARS system. These messages show inconsistency between the measured speeds as well as the associated consequences;
* visual examination showed that the airplane was not destroyed in flight; it appears to have struck the surface of the sea in a straight line with high vertical acceleration.
"Inconsistencies between the measured speeds" was adequately explained by OVERTALK in post
322 on 06 June.
i.e.
1. Port and starboard pitot and static sources will be recording significantly different speeds during a spin
2. A spinning aircraft will strike the surface in a relatively level attitude but also "in a straight line with high vertical acceleration."
Think we're back to a loss of control in coffin corner (for whatever reason).
ALSO RELEVANT (for explanations):
posts
324,
#325 and
#2222 and
#2412