Air France 447 Crash Update

Now that the black boxes have finally been recovered and analyzed, we're getting a picture of what happened before Air France 447 disappeared:

Crash Report Shows Confused Cockpit

Stall recovery technique seems to be a problem. It doesn't sound that different from the Buffalo crash, aside from the icing :(

Primary students know that the reason an airplane stalls is that the critical angle of attack has been exceeded, and that the first step in stall recovery, therefore, is to simply reduce the angle of attack! I can certainly understand how airspeed indicator malfunctions can make it difficult for the pilot to recognize what condition the airplane is in- but stall recognition is taught so that pilots can recognize stalls using a variety of cues, of which airspeed is only one...