Hi,
When the autopilot and autothrust disconnect in cruise, one takes over and manually flies the aircraft. With no speed information, the last thing one should do is change anything...pitch or power.The airplane was stable just before the loss of airspeed data.
Why always repost this speculation ?
By myself I read (and it's not a speculation .. but a fact!) the aircraft was stable because he was in a cruise flight stabilized by the autopilot and auto throttle
When autopilot and auto throttle go out of the loop .. we don't know if the airplane stay
"stable"
So maybe .. instead of touch nothing (hands off) the pilot had to act immediately for stabilize the plane
Remind .. the plane immediately banked to right (unfortunately no clue about the bank angle from BEA note ....)
So will the pilot wait the aircraft go in a 30° or more bank angle before react ?