lompaseo
who said anything about an ''engine wash out''? I said we would hear rain on the CVR if it was of such amazing intenstiy as to be classified as a ''wall of water''.
We would also hear the windshield wipers going like HELL.
I've been in the cockpit of a 737 while it was raining (not hailing) and the noise level was higher than normal...adding the windshield wipers and even a hollar for rainboe would add to the noise.
lets not read too much into a simple statement.
this would be an excellent accident to have a cockpit VIDEO recorder to aid in investigation.