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Originally Posted by
RetiredF4 
"At what time can we confirm the last positive action of the crew in the cockpit"?
Hasn't the plane been piloted till the end ? what is the probability for a non piloted/non pilotable plane to impact the surface, on his belly, "en ligne de vol", after a 35 000 ft rapid descent ?
Jeff
The Question ist not what we know, but what we do not know. And we do not know yet why it happened , only how it ended. There are a lot of probabilities and possible reasons, and no one has prooved itself yet. And why should an aircraft falling out of the sky not hit with the belly first? I donīt think that from the mode of impact we can conclude the aircraft being piloted until the point of impact.
So if i understand correctly, the attempt to contact ATC at 1:33, 1:35 and 2:01 needed deliberate action of the crew at those given times, it has no automatic repeat function in case of a failed contact attempt?
Anything else know after that given times?
FR