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Old 28th May 2011, 20:35
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HazelNuts39
 
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JD-EE;

The zoom climb to FL380 described in the BEA update is fully explained by the pitch-up to 10 degrees nose-up attitude. An updraft doesn't cause an airplane to pitch up. BEA doesn't say there was an updraft, but that can be easily determined from the FDR recording.
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