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Old 16th Jun 2011, 17:33
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Originally Posted by jcjeant
The airplane’s angle of attack increased progressively beyond 10 degrees and the plane started
to climb. The PF made nose-down control inputs and alternately left and right roll inputs
The note also says:

Originally Posted by BEA note
After the autopilot disengagement:
  • the airplane climbed to 38,000 ft,
  • the stall warning was triggered and the airplane stalled,
  • the inputs made by the PF were mainly nose-up,
  • the descent lasted 3 min 30, during which the airplane remained stalled.
  • The angle of attack increased and remained above 35 degrees,
  • the engines were operating and always responded to crew commands.
which *implies* (but does not explicitly state) that the nose-down inputs were outweighed by the size and/or frequency of the nose-up inputs made. The implication to pilots who find themselves in that unenviable situation would therefore be to hold nose-down input long enough for the autotrim to neutralise the nose-up setting that it had previously commanded or to use manual pitch trim if you want to be certain of where the THS is positioned by directly controlliing it mechanically.
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