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Old 4th Aug 2011, 09:47
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Thanks - I think I can see now which stick it is, but why is there no 'Dual Input' warning at "2 h 12 min 59" onwards?

I also note (must have been asleep!) that the report says there " The pitch attitude varies from 11° to 13°." Do they really mean that? If the minimum attitude was 11 degrees that is extremely high for level cruise to start the manoeuvre.

Here is the whole (English) extract for those 7 seconds.

 The copilot sidestick is positioned:
- nose-up to ¼ of the stop position
- left to ¾ of the stop position then
right to the half-travel position
twice.
 The pitch attitude varies from 11° to 13°.
 The THS is stable at around -3°.
 The roll angle varies between 8° right and 5° left.
 The vertical speed increases to 6,700 ft/min.

RE The spoilers, I am having difficulty looking at the 'LH/RH' 1-6 lines which mean nothing to me, but there is no mention in the CVR extract of speedbrake retraction, only they are 'deployed' at "2 h 12 min 04 - 2 h 12 min 07" - is that Spoiler LH/RH3 as shown in red? Is the other (LH5) triggered by aileron input?
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