Originally Posted by GerardC
As far as I know, the
only crew to survive a "
fully developed stall at high level" has been the Air China one, decades ago, recovering a stalled 742 by extending the landing gear well above the placard speed (deep respect to these guys
...).
IIRC they managed to end up in an inverted dive at very close to 1.0M after failure of one engine. The landing gear wasn't deployed by the crew but it extended by itself as the locks couldn't withstand the 5g they were pulling. It's a miracle that the rest of the plane could, for the most part.