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Old 12-30-2014, 01:18 PM   #68
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Yeah, the CBC link suggests there is evidence from a Malaysian radar that the plane may have climbed too steeply and stalled as a result. If that happened, there would have been plenty of time to consider what was happening.

I think the fact that there were no maydays or communications when they were at ~35,000 feet suggests that they were incapacitated, but from what I have read, it is not rare in aviation life and death emergencies that the pilots zone out protocol (i.e., stop communicating) and focus on the task at hand.
A stall & loss of control at that altitude can certainly break an airplane.

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate are 3 of the most important words a pilot should know.
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