Re: 1g felt?
The BEA interim report #3 shows the last data before impact of 1.012 g Nz, -.17 Nx (lateral), -.10 Ny (longitudinal). 16.2 deg nose up, 5.3 deg L roll, -10912 fpm. The traces show Nz typically between 0.9 and 1.1, with occasional increases to around 1.2, during about the last 2 1/2 minutes of flight.
Edit: Ground speed 107 kts, so it wasn't close to a 90 deg descent.
So, yes, the descent was in a pretty much a "1g environment".