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Old 28th Jan 2015, 11:23
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DrPhillipa
 
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I alluded to this earlier, the XL Air /Air New Zealand A320 crash off the coast of Perpignan. It pitched up into a nose high attitude, stalled and fell into the water below. This AirAsia flight seems to have made a carbon copy manoeuvre.

My suggestion that this crash might well be similar to that one was lost in all the Airbus v Boeing control philosophy discussion.
Is there any evidence of this aircraft also having been heavily pressure washed immediately prior to takeoff such that both AOA sensors were filled with water below the seals causing them to freeze at exactly the same time (at FL370+ ) and AOA and thus confuse the AC into thinking they were both still working?
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