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Old 30th Jul 2012, 10:47
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Originally Posted by Franzl
Why does BEA state, that after descending through FL 315
- interesting. You may recall that I 'guessed' that 20k would be the last possible recovery height way back. 315 is about a minute earlier. I assume that BEA put it higher, and perhaps that they expected that a "non-extremely purposeful crew" might re-stall in their anxiety to pull out, or similar? If 315 is correct, there was very little chance for this crew. Just a few seconds after the Captain has returned to the cockpit.
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