http://www.msnbc.com/news/787018.asp?pne=msn MSNBC article that says the government theory was that passengers took the cockpit and were trying to fly the plane.
“In the final moments of this struggle, according to the families who heard the tape, voices that seemed muffled and distant all of a sudden became clearer,” says Longman. “They took that as some corroboration that the passengers actually are in — perhaps crew — actually did reach the cockpit.”
Does he mean, reach it? Breach it?
“Get inside,” says Longman.
They got in?
“Yes,” says Longman. “That’s the government theory, that they actually got inside. Near the end you hear — in English — words, ‘roll it up,’ and ‘lift it up,’ or ‘turn it up,’ or ‘pull it up.’ The families have taken that as a sign that they were — the passengers and perhaps crew — were trying to take control of the plane.”
This raises an interesting question, how many non pilot freepers would know which direction to pull the yoke to recover from a dive? How roll control works? Rudder Peddles? Trust levers?