TheShadow:
Your prescience is unparalleled on this thread. We have only been provided with a sou-son of data but I believe you have nailed it. The THS situation was, I also believe, the lethal factor.
I thank you for your insights. As a current 330 pilot I will now be paying a lot more attention to its position. Especially if things ever get convoluted!
I wondered who you were. I see from a basic search you may be an ex-Viet chopper guy. How do you know about all this Airbus stuff? And especially in such detail? Please tell us more?
Your erudition is also commendable.
Please keep up this extraordinary work.