Hi glenbrook,
Originally Posted by glenbrook
We don't know that the roll to the right happened because of the stall or just before it. The report mentions the roll, the pitch up and then the stall warning in that order. Perhaps the PF merely thought the a/c was rolling and and pitching down, having forgotten that the engine thrust was set at a lower level when AT disconnected.
First, I fully agree that we don't know (nothing is said about it) and I may be totally wrong about that!
I just tried to answer the sharp turn to the right as seen on the BEA map:
- Red dots as legended:
(1) 0135:15 (last contact with ATC)
(2) 0159:32 (meteo briefing with Captain, light/moderate turbulences expected
....................Captain leaves flight deck)
(3) 0208:07 (12 deg offset manoeuver start, light turbulences, Mach 0.80)
(4) 0210:05 (icing: autopilot off, autothrust off, ALT law, stall alarm -twice-, right wing bank;
.............PF: pitch up, left roll ordered, speed decr. 275-> 60 kt)
(5) 0210:51 (stall alarm again. PF: TOGA, max pitch up and left during 30 sec., THS +10, ...
(6) 0211:40 (Captain is back in the cockpit...
