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Old 2nd Aug 2013, 20:37
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Originally Posted by dozy
No, it's the job of the BEA to ascertain the factors relevant to the accident sequence, and the report they produce will focus primarily on those. In this case, a discrepancy in surface deflection versus command at a point in the sequence when the flight control system is already compromised - and as such would have no bearing on the outcome - is likely to be a waste of effort. Therefore they note the discrepancy and leave it at that.
Negative - you don't keep silent on such important flight control characteristic, unless you want to stick to a partial story.
Pulling one more G was maybe all it took to come back home ... ?
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