I read the final report and much of what was discussed in these pages is there.
My only nit is that there is no discussion that the crew seems not to have been aware of or concerned about altitude until the 10,000s digit dropped off the altitude display, i.e. went from 5 digits to 4:
2 h 13 min 31,7 PF (*) au niveau cent -- FL 100
2 h 14 min 07,3
PNF je cabre PF ben il faudrait on est à quatre mille pieds
PNF I'm pitching up PF Well we need to we are at four thousand feet
and while recovery from 4000' would have been unlikely even then they did not think of stall.
Earlier on we have PF:
2 h 11 min 58,2 Je… j’ai, le problème
2 h 11 min 58,6 c’est que j’ai plus de vario là
who feels he has lost VS indication.
Perhaps if the VS pointer was red, thick and flashing it may have clued in the crew in time.
Last edited by RatherBeFlying; 6th Jul 2012 at 03:37.