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Old 26th Jul 2013, 17:48
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Originally Posted by DozyW
AF447 is a little different, being a high-altitude stall, and additionally the aircraft had sufficient thrust at the onset of AP disconnect to keep flying.
Regarding stall warning and stall, the differences are indeed not that big.

In clean configuration, level flight at low altitude with idle thrust, Jaques Rosay would have decelerated at about 1.2 to 1.3 kt/sec.

AF447 decelerated at about 1.7 to 1.8 kt/sec which is somewhat faster, but OTOH the margin between stall warning and stall is greater.

The point that Rosay is making, that selecting TOGA in response to stall warning doesn't keep you out of a stall, applies equally to AF447.

Last edited by HazelNuts39; 26th Jul 2013 at 19:00. Reason: Spelling Rosay corrected.
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