Question: does anyone know what the test pilots involved in the A330 program thought of this decision, to omit the stick shakers?
Test pilots?
When the autopilot finally engaged, the aircraft started to ascend to 2000 ft. However, the aircraft rose too sharply and began losing speed. The speed decreased to 100 knots (120 mph; 190 km/h), but the minimum speed for controlling the aircraft is 118 knots.
[5] The aircraft started to roll so the crew reduced power to the operating engine to reduce the thrust asymmetry; however, this made the problem worse and the aircraft pitched down by 15 degrees and shortly afterwards crashed into the ground.
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1994 A330 test flight crash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia