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Old 3rd Jan 2010, 07:57
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WojtekSz
 
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@ S.F.L.Y
i believe you are right that appropriate situation awareness has significant influence on security of the flying. I do not know if the pilots may/should have turned the AP earlier but i assume the rules were not broken as this would be clearly stated in the post accident report.

As a pure coincidence, the flap retraction probably caused the AP to disconnect seconds earlier than with full flaps, which gave the crew enough height to recover from the subsequent 8 degrees pitch reduction and high Vz (100 ft lost in 2.5 sec --> 2.400 fpm).
do you really believe that retraction of flaps was a coincidence? Commended 17 sec before impact while the AP disconnected some 7 sec before impact?

Are you trying to prove it was human error?
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