'bubbers' you mentioned in one of yr posts that if all 3 A/S's indicators go away in yr Boeing you use Att & Pwr from the QRH, well that's the same for a 'Bus' in fact any A/C, very basic airman-ship stuff there. This is the basic crux of why AF447 ultimately crashed.
I believe the real reason why these guys let a fully serviceable machine (other than the probes) take the lives of many was that they simply didn't believe what they were seeing in front of them & therefore any corrective decisions are ultimately overridden, their brains remember cannot act unless it's getting info either from stored memory (IE Knowledge/experience) or 'believable' info thru the eyes (the most powerful sense we have), the latter actually fooled them into believing the A/C could climb aggressively at that weight & at that Alt due a perceived over-speed initially hence the full back stick for the majority of the event.
They crashed simply 'cause they had no idea what to do, confusion reigned Capt included 'till too late.
Also 'bubbers' I gather that there is no external evidence of a RAT on the 757 like there is on an A320 for Eg as these closed doors form part of a pre-flight inspection.
Last edited by Wally Mk2; 3rd November 2013 at 22:13.