http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/vol.af.447/point.enquete.af447.27mai2011.en.pdf
The BEA's publication yesterday of their initial findings from the recorders of AF447 has touched off a storm of debate - I had the usual call from the 24 hour news networks for my opinion of the content. But first let's not allow this new data distract us from the reality of the human tragedy that was this accident.
I think the BEA have done the right thing in releasing the first verifiable findings; investigators are frequently criticised for holding back too long. However, this is not an excuse for us in the aviation community to leap to conclusions, and potentially to condemn the actions of the crew. In my years of flying I have deliberately taken high performance aircraft into fully developed stalls (and back out again fortunately...) but many have not, and virtually none of us will have seen a fully stalled condition in a big airliner.
What will be interesting for me will be how the latest revisions to industry training for stall recovery, delaying the application of thrust until out of the stall, stands up to the evidence of this accident.
The thoughts of Gates Aviation's team are with the victims and those they have left behind, as they belatedly learn more of the last few minutes of that flight.
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