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Old 29th May 2011, 14:57
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The Ancient Geek
 
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As a simple-minded Twotter driver there is one factor here which seems critical to me. If the stall warning sounds I know to get the nose down in a hurry then grab for the apehangers to add power.

In this case the stall warning only sounded (twice?) briefly which was probably the critical misleading clue which convinced the crew that they were not stalled.

If the stall warning had behaved as expected by any sane pilot and sounded continually during the stall then any sane pilot would have realised that the aircraft was indeed stalled and applied the correct recovery.

Why the hell did the stupid automation silence the stall horn ?
THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN .
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