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When they received the fourth warning, the pilots pulled circuit-breakers on one of the aircraft's computers, removing power from the faulty system in a bid to reset it. But in doing so, they also turned off the plane's autopilot.
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About eight or ten months ago I was on an Air Asia flight that passed over the crash site. As the flight approached the fallen plane's position the crew announced they would be darkening the cabin out of respect for their deceased colleagues and passengers. The cabin was blacked out with the cabin crew then all joining in with a forlorn Indonesian wailing song that just spooked everyone out. Weird and unnerving.Subsequent flight crew action resulted in inability to control the aircraft ... causing the aircraft to depart from the normal flight envelope and enter a prolonged stall condition that was beyond the capability of the flight crew to recover," the committee said in a statement.
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