"Transfixed like a possum caught in the headlights"
that, quite possibly, could be the conclusion drawn based on what has been released so far, still, until the investigation process has properly run it's course, and the full transcript released set in context, on a time line, it is all too easy to draw conclusions, when there are levels of other systemic failures that are not so easily identified.
I would expect the rate of BEA press releases to slow down from this point until the release of an interim report.
Re: deep stall, at this point, unless the term is specifically used by BEA, it remains conjecture. High A of A, high descent rate, low forward speed may fit the base line criteria for a deep stall condition, however, the term used is a recognised condition, which until officially cited by the investigation as affecting the airframe, on a type and configuration not usually affected by the phenomenon, may be a reasonable descriptive term in conversational terms ... but ...
Sorry for being pedantic.
Last edited by Teddy Robinson; 28th May 2011 at 22:36.
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