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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Air France jet crashed nose-up after 4 minute ordeal 9:25am EDT Consumer spending tepid as inflation accelerates 11:09am EDT Hedge fund star calls for Microsoft's Ballmer to go 25 May 2011 Wall Street gains on commodities but home sales off 10:32am EDT EBay and PayPal sue Google over trade secrets 26 May 2011 Discussed 129 As hours tick by, ”Judgment Day” looks a dud 105 Broadcaster silent as Judgment Day hours tick by 94 Obama departs for Europe trip, explores Irish roots Watched Scientists revive ancient spider in stunning 3D detail Tue, May 24 2011 Hundreds missing after tornado 2:40am EDT Deadly Missouri tornado captured on video Mon, May 23 2011 Air France jet crashed nose-up after 4 minute ordeal Tweet Share this PARIS (Reuters) - Pilots wrestled with the controls of an Air France airliner for more than four minutes before it plunged into the Atlantic with its nose up, killing all 228 people on board, French investigators said Friday. The 2009 emergency... Email Print Factbox Last moments of flight AF447 before crash 9:25am EDT Related News Airbus says preliminary crash info "significant" 7:36am EDT Analysis & Opinion Trading fear for photos on a stricken plane Chart of the day: Commodity flows Related Topics World » France » Aerospace & Defense » One of the two flight recorders from the Rio-Paris Air France flight is displayed before a news conference at the BEA headquarters in Le Bourget, northern Paris, May 12, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Charles Platiau PARIS | Fri May 27, 2011 9:25am EDT PARIS (Reuters) - Pilots wrestled with the controls of an Air France airliner for more than four minutes before it plunged into the Atlantic with its nose up, killing all 228 people on board, French investigators said Friday. The 2009 emergency began with a stall warning two and a half hours into the Rio-Paris flight and nine minutes after the captain had left the cockpit for a routine rest period. The Airbus A330 jet climbed to 38,000 feet and then began a dramatic three and a half minute descent, rolling from left to right, with the youngest of three pilots handing control to the second most senior pilot one minute before the crash. The timeline was described in a note by France's BEA crash investigation authority, which said it was too early to give the causes of the crash ahead of a fuller report in the summer. "These are so far just observations, not an understanding of the events," BEA director Jean-Paul Troadec told reporters. The captain returned after "several attempts" to call him back to the cockpit but was not at the controls in the final moments, according to information gleaned from black boxes. By the time the 58-year-old returned, just over a minute into the emergency, the aircraft was plunging at 10,000 feet a minute with its nose pointing up 15 degrees and at too high an angle compared to the onrushing air to provide lift. The BEA said the reading of black boxes hauled up from the Atlantic floor earlier this month suggested the crew were not able to determine how fast the plane was flying. That echoes earlier findings which suggest the pitot tubes or speed sensors on the plane may have become iced up. It also said that crew mainly responded to stall warnings by attempting to lift the nose of the plane, without elaborating. Experts say pilots typically push the stick forward to cope with a stall to close the angle with the air and regain lift. Air France said it would make a statement later Friday. World France Aerospace & Defense Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (2) jhardaway wrote: Airbus, protected by the EU collective of nations that build it, builds a product that many pilots are less than comfortable flying. The combination of over-automation, the subsequest complacency, also combined with its use of composites in critical assembly points, make these aircraft fly closer to the “edge” than they should. May 27, 2011 9:22am EDT -- Report as abuse AreUForRealz wrote: That doesn’t make a lick of sense. I’ve about 47 hours in Cessna 150′s and it is drilled into you how to recover from a stall. At the airspeed of 10,000ft/min (~183km/hr) reported, that sure seems close to terminal velocity in free fall. These guys, even the most junior, had well over a thousand hours of experience in all kinds of aircraft. A pilot error so rudimentary and basic is very hard to fathom. 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