TurbineD
Yes, I would say it is improbable the engines stalled. Today's digital electronic engine controls enable more variables to be controlled to prevent stalls verses engines that do not have this type of control system.
From the BEA Interim Report # 1, Page 20:
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The engines were subject to real-time monitoring in the framework of the engine condition monitoring program. Examination of the data recorded, including the data transmitted on the day of the accident, shows that both engines were functioning normally.
I don't think they would report this if there any suspicion the engines were a part of the high altitude scenario that took place. BAE has been very cautious to report only confirmed factual items.
It takes some reading between the lines to interpret this.
Does the comment about "monitoring data transmitted the day of the accident" include every minute of the flight or just periodic sampling?
Modern engines have been reported to have stalled even with the aircraft operating normally at high altitudes, from ice pellets associated with the tops of storm activity.
While the engines may not have been part of the high altitude scenario, were they operating when the aircraft hit the water and therfore would have been part of the crews attempts at recovery?