Please excuse the interruption.Will Fraser and others immediately brought up LOC and loss of airframe integrity. The hasty First Report was worded such that these possibilities were impossible; "En Ligne de Vol", "Intact at impact" etc. BEA has assumed from the outset an adversarial and defensive posture, imo, one that attempts to undermine even a glance at another "conclusion" than "Not enough A/S for level flight, but 'oh so close'".
The aircraft is defended in a sly way, since the "conclusions" are premature, openly invite disagreement, (with evidence), and properly belong in the Final.
rgards, bear