engine-eer,
Engine-eer,
Sounds like a very plausible scenario to me, i.e. non-recognition of the full stall at the start (after intial nose-down following recognized impending stall) for reasons stated. But what is so baffling is that the PF (and others) would persist in such a belief in the face of a rapid and continuing descent for 30K ft with the stick full aft and substantial nose-up attitude (even if credibility in IAS never returned). [Assumes all relevant data provided by BEA, skeptical icon ...]. Of course a continuing stall alarm would have helped greatly one assumes but really, at some point reality should have dawned, leading to forward stick +/- power, i.e. at least an attempt at recovery.
Sorry to bring the discussion back to this issue but for me it's the most troubling one in a way. Let's hope the CVR will reveal much more about state-of-mind of some or all involved.
<returns to piston gallery>
Last edited by SDFlyer; 5th Jun 2011 at 20:49.