JD-EE
a) thanks
b) no !
Was interested in what had been deduced from the stated impact configuration which I understood to be an attitude consistent with flight except of course for the velocity vector (downwards with small fwd component) which, I believe (no expert), implies well into a stall and no usable flow to engines.
Couldn't find a scenario in this thread which, given the awful situation, explained to a non-pilot how this configuration could be achieved (eg avoiding structural breakup) considering the elapsing time to 'try something' even if perhaps hopeless and eventually unsuccessful.
There was a whole string of posts on the availability of attitude data to the crew. I presumed that the impact configuration means that there must have been information to the crew otherwise such a configuration is unlikely if by chance/uncontrollable events, alone ?