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CNN Legal View With Ashleigh Banfield March 21, 2014 16:58:00

They got iced up. what happened, the air speed indicator acted like an altimeter. so when the aircraft climbed, showed it was increasing in speed. that obviously wasnt happening. the pilots reacted to pulling the power back. thats the way you control the speed. what happened is that they didnt realize they were climbing, pulling the power back, enter the catastrophic stall, huge loss of lift on the wing and descended from 35,000 feet into the ocean. the pilots had no idea that the flight envelop...
Airspeed Indicator Wasnt Happening Southern Ocean Distress Call Power Back Flight Envelope

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