Originally Posted by
captande
I did a case report on that specific accident in college. It was crazy to look back and see the comments on threads chastising the FO for retracting the flaps when they had the tail stall. Today, that’s the proper recovery taught for that situation.
They DID NOT have a tail stall.
She WAS NOT attempting to apply the recovery technique for a tail stall. There was no discussion or mention of that on the CVR. She was startled, didn't know what yo do so she did the wrong thing. Not surprising given her fatigue state.