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Comment by hexbin010

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

Quoting your link, "Final Report" section:

> Temporary inconsistency between the measured speeds, likely as a result of the obstruction of the pitot tubes by ice crystals, caused autopilot disconnection and [flight control mode] reconfiguration to "alternate law (ALT)".

- The crew made inappropriate control inputs that destabilized the flight path.

- The crew failed to follow appropriate procedure for loss of displayed airspeed information.

- The crew were late in identifying and correcting the deviation from the flight path.

- The crew lacked understanding of the approach to stall.

- The crew failed to recognize the aircraft had stalled, and consequently did not make inputs that would have made recovering from the stall possible.

Note the numerous "the crew"

parent hexbin010 11 months ago

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