Originally Posted by Clandestino's imagination stretching time
IMHO it takes quite a stretch of imagination to apply designation "under control" to stalled airliner
- realise, if you will - they 'controlled' the a/c into a stall and kept it there with the CONTROLS.
'Out of control' means no ability to manouevre the a/c deliberately. There is ample evidence they had that, in spades. I'll grant you 'out of control' in that they had
no idea
how to control the aircraft - for a variety of reasons. Then each time they 'did it right' the aircraft sadly told them they had 'done it wrong'.
Ever flown a Porteous loop? Look it up. In an incipient spin -yes. Out of control - no.