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Air France flight 447 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in mid-2009 after entering a stall from which the flight crew failed to recover.
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Is it practical to intentionally stall an aircraft to execute a fast, controlled descent?
Normally, a stall and controlled flight are mutually exclusive.
That AF447 would descend as it did has to do with the relaxed static stability of the A330 and its rear cg location as well as the docil …
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How much can falling down due to a stall influence the angle of attack?
Your understanding of the situation is correct: The angle of attack was beyond stall and the aircraft was in a descent which reduces the pitch attitude, so the resulting acceleration felt to the pilot …
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