Originally Posted by BEA
The fact that the status of the FDR parameter, which indicates the transition from HDG-VS mode to TRK-FPA mode, did not change during the flight confirms that the crew did not at any time select TRK-FPA mode.
Except that coincidently some 20 sec earlier the CPT had just said :
"Prend ça"
Probably what I could say after selecting the bird on ...
That's also coincidently the period of time when full back stick was maintained ... at which time the bird would have been firmly at the bottom of the PFD ...
BEA is not telling everything.
Where are ALL the data ?