"Radar data being examined by investigators appears to show the doomed AirAsia plane made an "unbelievably" steep climb before it crashed - possibly pushing it beyond the Airbus A320-200's limits, according to a source.
I'm confused
what's a steep climb in this context
rate of change of altitude?
Pitch attitude ?
Isn't the AOA a key to the discussion if one is considering operation outside published limits?
Or for the breakup theorists, wouldn't it be G loads? in gusts
I would think that with decoded radar plots the aero guys could work out possible AOA values and possible onset of stall
Of course we are stuck waiting for actual data before running with somebody's words like "steep"