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Old 28th May 2011, 15:00
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fgrieu
 
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THS 13 degrees nose-up

The BAA report says: "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) went from 3 to 13 degrees nose-up in about 1 minute and remained in the latter position until the end of the flight."

Excuse my ignorance, but what is spposed to have this effect on the THS? Explicit setting by the pilot only, or is it somewhat under the control of FWB logic? Does Alternate Law change that?

Also: was that THS setting enough to make stall recovery near impossible?
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