originally posted by HazelNuts39.....
If the cabin v/s condition followed engine flameout, the corresponding ACARS message would not have been sent. In my opinion flameout is a dispensable element in this chain of events.
Somewhere in one of the AF447 threads, I tried to explain away the SATCOM loss of signal, and came to the conclusion that there had been a 2 x flameout. However, I am open to other opinion, and the resumption of the SATCOM link could also be explained by the APU having been started, or a start achieved on #1. The BEA's comment regarding the tail rotating to port on impact could be related to the wings level, small positive attitude and TOGA on #1 with the RTLU locked at 7.9 degrees.
If the APU had been started, would the Cabin Pressure controller have been active? I haven't seen any data on this, and have assumed that should there be no electrical supply from the prime sources that the controller would operate below 8000/7350 feet to equalize the cabin pressure.
mm43