MD-10 stall?

[viking737]

On June 14, 2008, at 1015 eastern daylight time, FedEx flight 764, a McDonnell Douglas/Boeing MD-10-10 freighter, experienced stickshaker and autoslat extension while in a holding pattern. Damage occurred to the right elevator and right horizontal stabilizer. The flight was enroute from Memphis, Tennessee, to New York City. None of the three flightcrew members onboard were injured and the flight landed uneventfully. The aircraft was substantially damaged.

 

[PeanuckleCRJ]

"alpha speed" in the FMA, much?


How did they mess up the elevator/stab with an autoslat extension/stick shaker?

 

[stupidpilot]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't about Vref + 70 a good holding speed? If they calculated it per the holding tables they shouldn't have been anywhere near alpha speed.