mm43;
then what was happening
I don't want to re-hash old arguments regarding impact but I have no reason to doubt the conclusions of the BEA interim reports. However, the aircraft somehow had to lose about 70 to 80kts of forward speed and associated energy/inertia to approach the actual ('g') stall speed. That is not easy to do nor force to happen. If this is the case then a stall must be reconciled with the difficulty in "achieving" same - in normal air it is just very difficult to stall the airplane even in Alternate Law, (I or II). Entry into a thunderstorm however, removes all such theories/notions. The question, as we all know is, did an intact airplane strike the surface of the sea or was the fuselage compromised. We each have our thoughts and reasons for same.