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To: DMaA who wrote (429750)	6/2/2011 7:13:50 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794309

Inexperience was the most likely issue - great Captains are sometimes given very junior crews. This happens just after he goes down for his nap.. I was in an inflight incident and have flown aircraft (albeit small ones) before. In my near crash we had a large bird strike at about 5,000 feet and lost the port engine on a 757 - 3 separate explosions as it tore itself apart. We did a 45 degree roll to port and started to stall (we were still in our ascent). To compensate the very experienced crew cut the fuel to port, increased throttle and put the nose down to regain lift. We regained aerodynamic control at about 2 thousand feet and turned and did a very hard emergency landing. Everyone survived - all though some of us needed dry cleaning assistance. It must have been very confusing in that Air France cockpit because the recent reports had them putting the nose up. This would exacerbate a stall while inflight (from my very limited experience). They were led down the wrong path by their instruments. Any real pilots on this thread?