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Old 6th Jan 2015, 08:53
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The problem with items 2 and 3 of your “5 ways to crash” is that the airplane doesn’t stall unless there is some kind of systems failure, such as clogging of pitots or freezing of AoA sensors.
I would not state it that way, Pulkovo 612 tells us a different story:
Based on various information, including the partially decrypted from a recovered flight recorder, crash investigators believe that the aircraft climbed to an altitude higher than the maximum for which it was designed, causing the aircraft to enter into a flat spin from which it never recovered.

Interstate Aviation Committee after initial decoding of flight recorders data issued the following flight safety recommendations: avoid entering thunderstorms, follow all maximum height limitations based on aircraft load and outside air temperature, and to improve pilot training when working in these situations.
I think IAC nailed it down quite perfectly...
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