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Old 15th Oct 2011, 12:12
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Originally Posted by rmac
I think that software developer in post 50 not only brings us back to a major causal factor, but also explains it in a perfectly understandable way that for me makes it potentially the most important factor in the accident.

The stall warner was "inverted" or you could say reversed...
Only towards the end of the sequence. The Stall Warning was sounding perfectly correctly for nearly a minute, during which the PF was still hauling back on the stick.

The reason the SW stopped sounding was because EAS (I think) was below 60kts. Not many flights encounter that kind of speed in mid-air.
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