The more I read the more I think there but the grace of god.........
One of the few memory drills I learnt in the 70s was for runaway stabilizer and we had in effect that during this accident. - serious s**t on it's own.
Middle of the night.
Turbulence.
Hypoxia
myriad of warnings - some completely false.
Lack of training.
no ins or gps speed indication.
known pitot problem
I now honestly believe that most of us wouldn't have made it.
I only once used the TURB button on the DC10 - the other crew members were so comatose that they both kept switching the autothrottle back on.
Having flown the route for 6 years and operated in the european country where severe turbulence was an often occurrence I empathize with the poor b*****ds.
But I ain't so in love with guys who sold two crew and incredibly complicated "life saving" aircraft systems to the world.
What happened to the old values of leaving an aircraft's trim to the pilot, followed by if you point the beast in the right direction and add the correct thrust it will go where you want it to!
RIP