Originally Posted by
Mesabah
The FO's momentary trim down had absolutely nothing to do with the accident.
The only thing that would have saved the day would have been him trimming the nose up, so trimming down didn't help.
(yes re-engaging the electric trim, thumb trimming the nose up and switching the trim off again would have worked/been better, but if they were aware enough to do that the would have just left the flaps down and reduced power and never gotten in the sh*t)