Originally Posted by
JetPilotMike
Wonder if the crew were both heads down and they got a false GS capture. If they were descending with the power back, and a sudden pitch up to capture the GS, could easily cause a stall.
We'll see...
...................or descending on autopilot, leveling off, never adding power. I know we hear it all the time in training, but SOMEONE always has to be "flying the airplane".
We had a crew here essentially do the same thing in a climb (A/P on heads down), no one flies the airplane its going to do what you tell it to do until it no longer aerodynamically can, the difference was 37,000ft to recover