Nobody has mentioned "deep stall" in any published information so far released.
The only mention seen is through conjecture on these forums.
My limited understanding of the phenomena is that this aircraft layout and configuration is not susceptible to that phenomena; my recollection of initial type rating training (A320) was that it was demonstrated (in the sim) that the aircraft could be stalled, and that recovery was conventional.
There is, in other words no high tail to be masked by turbulent flow.
The video of the Tarom A300 incident on the sister forum seems to bear this out, the aircraft stalled and recovered at a comparatively low altitude.
(credit to the cabin crew for the ice cool cabin p/a btw .. she must have been very shaken).
With the initial findings released, there seem to be many complex layers to the Swiss Cheese, hence, this will take time for the full ramifications to be distilled out.
(I take on board the comments below regarding the position of he THS, it has indeed a very powerful influence on commanded pitch vs available control Authority .. that did not seem evident in my reading of the Tarom incident)
Last edited by Teddy Robinson; 28th May 2011 at 21:16.
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