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Old 27th Oct 2011, 10:00
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so to say it straight and level : they steered AF447 in an area with high convective acitivity where pitot tubes became blocked and some systems ( mostly AP and AT) became inop. also the stall warning is designed not to warn at IAS below 60kt so becomes useless at very high AOA or blocked pitot tubes.

after that a pilot introduced pull was made and a basicly flyable and responding aircraft with also responding engines was put by pilot action in a conventional stall without a spin and was held in this stall for more than three minutes until impact .

that should be the essentials of the final report when i understand right...
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