Hi,
DW Thank's for post here the graphic.
In the timeline transcript the BEA write:
Between 2H10min07 and 2H10min18 the vertical speed increase to
5200 ft/min That's indeed true .. and when you put it in correlation with the graphic you see immediately it's a vertical speed to down (loss of altitude)
Vertical speed used by BEA in transcript is misleading
less the down qualification (as in the timeline the BEA don't give the difference of altitude during the time gap)
So I can at least understand a little more why the PF give a up command (stick back) as a vario of 5200 ft/min down is not a negligible vertical speed ...