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Old 11th Jun 2011, 21:15
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It is reporting events, it is a report.
Actually I have rarely read an aircraft accident report more loaded with innuendo.

A great deal is made of

the inputs made by the PF were mainly nose-up
however despite...

the PF made pitch-down inputs. In the following moments, the angle of attack decreased, the speeds became valid again and the stall warning sounded again
...it is perhaps more significant that

The angle of attack, when it was valid, always remained above 35 degrees
I believe it is likely they had insufficient pitch authority to recover from this. The only question is whether there where any other things they may have tried. However the lack of detail between 2 h 12 min 02 and 2 h 14 min 28 means we do not know.
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