Originally Posted by
BOAC
Purely a ball park guess - if a correct attitude change had not been made by 20,000 ft it would be a done deal.
So , anyone else care to suggest a number, because it has a bearing on crew actions. Some people are saying "how come they did not catch on in over 3 mins", well perhaps they did, lets just say you are descending through 20'000 at 10'000fpm and have two options;
A- stall, pretty sure it is, but (according to BOAC's SWAG) it is too late.
B- A dive, pretty sure (now) that it isn't but it is NOW the only recoverable option so I better go with it.
Persisting with a bad choice is sometimes the only option you have no matter how slim. It may well be guys that you only get one shot at this. I think they were dealt a real bad hand.
