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Old 28th Sep 2014, 22:14
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The French readers have had an advantage on the English readers up until the last week.
The English version of the interim report is available here:
http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2014/ec-v...0724.e1.en.pdf

The thing that jumps out at me is that the autopilot modes were changed a number of times after the initial departure from controlled flight. I cannot imagine trying to recover from a departure from controlled flight using any autopilot mode, so it seems that there was an autopilot cripple at the controls.

Seems like the loss in airspeed was due to icing of the EPR sensing system causing loss of thrust which was not handled by sufficiently lowering the nose.

With the data provided, there is a lot to pick apart.

Last edited by Machinbird; 30th Sep 2014 at 02:40. Reason: Correcting erroneous statement re: re-engaging autopilot. They only played with the A/P controls.
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