[shawabawa3]

> 1: The aircraft entered into free-fall (i.e. falling at ~9.81m/s) at a low altitude and recovered within 1425ft. This would mean the wings were fully stalled and there was no drag or lift forces on the airframe while it was falling.

It's not true that falling at 9.81m/s means no drag or lift forces were on the place, it could also mean the plane was pointing down and it was engine thrust was accelerating it downwards (not just gravity)

[sokoloff]

They presumably meant accelerating down at g (9.81 m/s/s) rather than steady velocity of 9.81 m/s.

Whether engine or gravity, that would cause an uncomfortable feeling of weightlessness in the cabin and vertical velocity would build quickly.