Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
Thanks for fleshing out the timeline. A couple of questions.
1. Is the part in italics a known fact, or a best estimate from information so far available?
(That the overall case here is an upset seems a valid baseline).
2. Where in that timeline does the data point of FL 363 fit in? Was it in or around the 06:16 time in the timeline below or before that? I ask with the following possibility in mind: The crew hears the approval to climb to FL340 and initiates climb but is already a bit busy with controlling the aircraft as they are having significant trouble with the weather at this point.
The leaked photo of the radar screen does not have a time stamp so we can only guess what the time was as they were observed climbing through FL363. (out of control without an ATC clearance) Somebody knows the time but they have chosen not to tell us.
They probably never heard the clearance to FL340 at 06:14 as they were already fighting severe turbulence.