Originally posted by Northwester
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1- I won't take what the SOP says as evidence of what they were doing. In many cases, accidents happen precisely when the SOP is not followed right.
2- There might be reasons why the autopilot won't climb despite its "intentions". Insufficient airspeed is one of those. (however, unless the plane has some sort of envelope protection, this will typically lead to a stall, and I've heard nothing about a stall here yet).
3- How's that that the AP was not turned off? I'd have to check, but I remember that the CVR had the crew turning it off at some time.
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