Originally Posted by
pacnw77
You're saying they TRIMMED nose down? Where'd you hear that? If so... what a terrible, terrible mistake.
I just read this blog post a bit ago (link below). Perhaps there's scenario where they'd temporarily 'Elevator Nose Down' to help alleviate the forces on the jackscrew while they try to trim up....?
https://www.satcom.guru/2019/04/stab...and-range.html
https://assets.documentcloud.org/doc...X-Ethiopia.pdf
Direct your attention to page 11, at the "From 05:40:42 to 05:43:11" mark. I can think of no other explanation for what is described here other than manual trim applied in the nose down direction.