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Old 28th May 2011, 07:08
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jcjeant
 
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Hi,

IMHO it's sometingh wrong in the BEA communication ....

At 2 h 10 min 16, the PNF said "so, we’ve lost the speeds" then "alternate law […]".


At 2 h 10 min 51 , the stall warning was triggered again. The thrust levers were positioned
in the TO/GA detent and the PF maintained nose-up inputs. The recorded angle of attack, of
around 6 degrees at the triggering of the stall warning, continued to increase. The trimmable
horizontal stabilizer (THS) passed from 3 to 13 degrees nose-up in about 1 minute and
remained in the latter position until the end of the flight.
Around fifteen seconds later, the speed displayed on the ISIS increased sharply towards 185 kt;
it was then consistent with the other recorded speed. The PF continued to make nose-up
inputs. The airplane’s altitude reached its maximum of about 38,000 ft, its pitch attitude and
angle of attack being 16 degrees.
Note: The inconsistency between the speeds displayed on the left side and on the ISIS lasted a little less
than one minute.




At around 2 h 11 min 40 , the Captain re-entered the cockpit. During the following seconds,
all of the recorded speeds became invalid and the stall warning stopped.


At 2 h 12 min 02, the PF said "I don’t have any more indications", and the PNF said "we have
no valid indications"
. At that moment, the thrust levers were in the IDLE detent and the
engines’ N1’s were at 55%. Around fifteen seconds later, the PF made pitch-down inputs. In
the following moments, the angle of attack decreased, the speeds became valid again and the
stall warning sounded again.


Note: The inconsistency between the speeds displayed on the left side and on the ISIS lasted a little less
than one minute.
Make the math ... and the result is not "little less than one minute"
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