Perhaps, Ken, but I have become quite wary of second-guessing the investigation
to to great an extent.
Chris
On 5 Feb 2014, at 18:49, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I did just look at the FlightAware groundtrack. It clearly shows the
> first attempt and his attempt to get lined back up, but was
> maintaining a slow left turn after a pretty abrupt left hander to get
> back towards the fix. While still turning to the left and at the point
> where he would be pulling back on the throttles and slowing things up,
> it spiraled in. Looks like a classic stall/spin signature. Such a
> prolonged left turn like that, combined with low speeds in icing
> conditions would not be good.
>
> Ignore the witnesses that reported that the engines sputtered. Turbine
> engines don't sputter. But airplanes coming down at you in a spin do
> make weird noises.
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