Originally Posted by Rockhound
Regarding the meaning of the captain's "prends ça", Otelli wrote that it is difficult to know what he was referring to but the BEA investigators favoured the idea that it was the FPV
The BEA did retract on that but did not propose any other possible explanation ... ?
In a 6 seconds period, the captain said it once and the PNF twice - I cannot figure out what they were talking about ... ?
That's a period of time when the PF was full back stick !
BTW that part of the CVR has changed since the third Interim Report ...
Also, as mentioned earlier by
Lyman, why the captain is telling "AP OFF" at time 2:13:53 ?
What is that 'bruit de selecteur' ... an AP that is selected would make such a 'bruit' ...
That BEA is really not curious, at least publicly.
Another point is that total confusion related to the vertical speed indications or possible intermittent lack of it.
The comments made by the crew suggest how that information was erratic when displayed ... How were behaving the altimeters ... ?
Otelli's book ?
I should read it before commenting further but have no intention to pay for that ... Any link for the CVR part ?