Hello all PPRuNers, I have been following this thread with great interest since tragic loss of AF447 two years ago (and other PPRuNe threads also
). I am not a pilot nor I do have any connection to aviation industry whatsoever, except great passion for airplanes and flying but only as SLF. I must thank to you all as over time I did learn a lot from you and I am very grateful for that.
As I read BEA I was puzzled by THS being in almost full up position for about 3,5 minutes and not changing its position although PF made pitch-down input. Unfortunately report doesn't mention for how long pitch-down input lasted. I took my copy of A330 FCOM (not current one) and found out, please correct if I am wrong, that flight control law could have changed from ALT 2 to Abnormal attitude as angle of attack was greater than 30 deg causing no auto trim available until angle of attack decreases below 30 deg, which according to BEA report did not happen.
Is there any indication in the cockpit when this happens?