Hi,
Machinbird
Exactly. And none of the ACARS messages referred to hydraulic failure, and a hydraulic failure would definitely be the subject of a maintenance ACARS message.
Therefore the VS was on until water impact. Please, no more "They lost the VS before water impact." It is a lunatic theory.
Do you know (are you sure) that the sending of ACARS message ended just a second before the aircraft made contact with water?
After the end of ACARS message ... who know if more was to be send .. but not send for any reason ?
Where in reality is the aircraft at the time of the end of ACARS message ?
Are that lunatic questions ?