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Old 20th Jul 2011, 17:45
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Hi xcitation,
Originally Posted by xcitation
1. Failure to recognize stall condition (PF responded correctly to the first stall but not subsequent stall).
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5. Pilots executed wrong stall recovery procedure although they did it right the first time ???
PF responded correctly?
Do you mean that climbing at 7,000 ft/mn could have been a correct answer to stall warnings at FL350? A correct reaction seems to me to descent to lower flight level, not a try to out climb the weather.

There is no certaincy about the reason causing the stall warnings to sound due to BEA narrative style (was it at 0210:05 or slightly later?); Consequently, there is only two possibilities:
1. Caused by switch to Alternate Law and subsequent change of Stall Warnings threshold.
2. Pull up by the pilot => g-load induced warning by his first sidestick order.

Any subsequent sidestick nose down order was only applied between 0210:16 and 0210:49. Moreover, not enough ND was applied to stop the climb as she climbed again 500 ft after this point. Hence, this is hard to believe that it would be a reaction to those previous stall warnings, and it seems to be confirmed by the second reaction.
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