I find it hard to believe that with all of its automated protective systems, this A330 was lost from such a high altitude in an apparently unrecoverable stall. Perhaps Boeing have got it right?
- The protections were not active
- To conclude it was unrecoverable we would need to know that there were efforts made suitable to recover it. We know of one ND input very late in the game the a/c seemed to be responsive to, but not how long it was sustained. In fact we have no information whatsoever about what happened the following 1m30s
- I can guarantee you it's possible to stall a Boeing. And by pulling up you're not likely to recover that one either