Thanks for that jcjeant .. I did note in the BEA report that there was no hint of recovery ("reducing AoA plus valid speeds") until they'd selected idle thrust.
Perhaps they were fooled by the stall warning coming back?
They hit the ocean with an AoA of 69.3 degrees (trajectory 53.1 degrees + 16.2 degrees nose up) so any recovery had obviously ceased.
Edit: I note they turned onto a heading of 270 in their descent, anybody notice whether they turned upwind or not?
Last edited by EGMA; 21st Jun 2011 at 04:26.