Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
carlos: the reconstruction of the descent indicates a single "turn" (over three or four minutes) that changed heading of AF447 about 270 degrees to the right.
So, no, not a spin, but a stall with some waffling and rolling going on, mostly to the right.
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When I have rec flown in stormy weather in a light a/c I was forced down on a grass airfield. On landing I have been spun around 180 deg to wind once speed slows and wet. Very unsettling as a/c was still on runway. The a/c has lost force on its flying/control surfaces and then becomes a weather vane. With less force on AF447's flying and control surfaces the influence of wind/gusts is greater. Did AF447 right turn into the wind direction?