When investigating EVERYTHING must be considered. The final report is to be released. So we can ssume the investigation didn't finish yet. CONF iture listed
possible contributing factors that could together represent important elements to the result.
The cause of the accident is unfortunately the flight crew who did not respond in an appropriate manner to the situation.
It seems, but need more information to say this We just don't have all "inputs" they received. And we don't know everything the machine "presented" to them. (to the crew).
I also wonder about all this mistrust of BEA
Having read several BEA reports they have always struck me as models of professionalism
It seems to me BEA could do better (just before Paris air show).It seems difficult to have all steps done at this time. It seems they became vulnerable since then.
Let's wait (being prepared to) to see the Final report.
* As you know, an accident statistically has multiple factors involved. Frequently the trigger is not a crew error. And a prepared crew could in many cases, save the day. And the opposite is true: