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Old 21st Jan 2015, 19:38
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maggotdriver
 
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Tragic

glendalegoon

I think THEY hit an energy enhancing event (ie updraft etc). the plane reacted by trying to hold altitude, OVERSPED, then pulled up, trimmed up, THEN GAVE UP

and the pilots suddenly were in alternate 2 or direct law and forgot to manually trim nose down

stall,
Ice crystal icing, blocked pitots, the aerolane thinks it oversped, then pulled up, overriding the pilots, stalled, got confused and gave up.

How many Airbus incidents have had confusion over what the laws were meant to be doing in the control environment? And, yes I have nearly 5000 hours flying the euro version.

Last edited by maggotdriver; 21st Jan 2015 at 20:17. Reason: nose,cabin posted as I was writing, I agree completely..
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