I see. I assumed that given they were flying at 37,000ft, they would have more time to react. But the BEA report says that after autopilot disconnection, only two minutes passed until they reached this situation:
> Only an extremely purposeful crew with a good comprehension of the situation could have carried out a manoeuvre that would have made it possible to perhaps recover control of the aeroplane. In fact, the crew had almost completely lost control of the situation.
I had no idea that things could go wrong so quickly, even at that altitude.
> Only an extremely purposeful crew with a good comprehension of the situation could have carried out a manoeuvre that would have made it possible to perhaps recover control of the aeroplane. In fact, the crew had almost completely lost control of the situation.
I had no idea that things could go wrong so quickly, even at that altitude.