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Old 31st Jan 2010, 07:34
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Denti - I think that at the time of the crash your company was unusual in conducting a stick-shaker/fully trimmed stall recovery 'every six months'.

The prelim report does change my understanding from the initial reports in as much as I understood the autothrottle had remained engaged during recovery. It appears that whatever the route INTO the stall was, this crew experienced a classic under-slung engines pitch event along the lines of the BOH 737, the ?CPH? BA757, the ?LHR? BA 747 and at least one other I cannot recall somehwere in Scandiland. I have always understood that the only way to recover this event is either to reduce power or to apply significant bank, both of which are not 'natural' reactions. On a quick read-through I also did not see any statement on the history of any reporting of the radalt 'defect' other than DFDR data.

It would seem that Denti's company is leading the way in what I think should now become a mandatory recurrent item in underslung types.
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