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VGCM66
I think there is some new information in that report:
“I’ve lost VSI,” the junior co-pilot said of the Airbus’s vertical-speed indicator, according to a recording detailed in the report from court-appointed experts. In fact, the instrument was functioning normally, its analog needle immobilized at the lower limit because the plane was hurtling toward the ocean at 15,000 feet a minute, the document seen by Bloomberg News shows.
Makes horrible and sad sense: misinterpretation of VSI => no knowledge of losing height fast => unaware of stall => misinterpretation of ambient noise as overspeed.