Air France pilots and high altitude stall training

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Crazy. From the sounds of it, they were past the stall phase and basically falling practically straight down like a dropped piece of paper.

The wreckage shows that they most likely crashed straight down...

 

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The translated interim report has been published. You can find it here:

http://www.bea.aero/docspa/2009/f-cp090601e3.en/pdf/f-cp090601e3.en.pdf