cogsim:
The last recorded values were a vertical speed of -10,912 ft/min, a ground speed of 107 kt, pitch attitude of 16.2 degrees nose-up, roll angle of 5.3 degrees left and a magnetic heading of 270 degrees.
ground speed: 107 kt
vertical speed: -10,912 ft/min = -107 kt
Coincidence? Maybe.
What speed does a skydiver's GPS read? It subtracts where you were from where you are to come up with Speed, so probably reads zero.
The Inertial Reference Units in expensive aircraft integrate accelerations in 3 dimensions to calculate Velocity. It's been a long time since I've been intimate with inertials, but seems to me the ground speed reported by BEA was in reality Vertical Velocity.
IOW, the plane dropped like a skydiver.
Good catch, cogsim.