Met a guy that was in the back of "that flight", seemed like a decent genuine guy. They REALLY thought they were going to die, the way he tells it had me very sweaty indeed. I felt sorry for him, honestly thought he was going to be sick....I'm afraid that there seems to be a case to answer, the circumstances behind the "dive" are staggering. A lot people could have perished. I'm sure that things have been put in place to ensure this won't happen in future. Fair play to the crew for avoiding complete catastrophe though
I would commend people to read the report; for example the discussion about the co-pilot re-entering the cockpit by traversing across the ceiling whilst weightless! It was clearly a very traumatic event for the pax.
The credit goes to the aircraft, from what I've read of the incident
Yes, indeed. Similarly an easyjet B737 narrowly avoided spearing into Norfolk a few years ago (during a maintenance check/test flight) by virtue of an automated protection system 'kicking in' (Mach Trimmer).
https://assets.publishing.service.go...EZJK_09-10.pdf