Originally Posted by
Leightman 957
>Indeed, despite the revelations from the DFDR and CVR when they were recovered that turbulence was not involved, there were still posts claiming that the crash was due to severe turbulence.
But no one suggested that given the storm line turbulence was not present, or that flying attitude without instruments, or intermittent or conflicting instruments, at night without a horizon, would not be more difficult than smooth air. Turbulence probably contributed to confusion in an already confused situation. And my bet is that turbulence would be about the last thing pilots would mention. "Gee its turbulent."
Actually they did mention the turbulence and told the rear crew that the pax should be strapped in. However, it is always like that flying through the ITCZ. The CVR and DFDR showed the LOC was almost certainly due to lack of experience/practice in limited panel manual flight at altitude with unreliable speed indications when in Alternate Law.