I maintain that a fliable aircraft CFIT is the result of pilot performance. Evident in the last BEA report.
As long as the aircraft was in a stall, it was not flying, and was not under control so CFIT is, in my considered opinion, an overly broad brush for this situation. This is not even remotely like flying into a mountain on approach.
The aircraft was taken outside of its normal flight envelope during cruise. The crew was unable to accomplish the recovery into a normal flight envelope (which was apparently possible given the correct understanding of the situation). Part of the accident investigation will have to focus on why the crew did not achieve correct situational awareness.
Do you think that not having an AOA gage might have been a factor?
It boggles my mind that there are AOA sensors on the aircraft but no real cockpit display.
Yeah, I know, you never flew with it before, so why do you need one now?
