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Old 1st Dec 2010, 04:44
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Wing icing at that altitude is fairly unlikely because of the OAT.

The autoflight & FBW systems most likely got into an ever worsening feedback loop and possibly exited that loop in direct law with a compromising attitude and speed. I feel fairly certain that had this happened during daylight hours, the pilots may have been able to successfully recover control of the aircraft.
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