Let's understand the risk

associated with stall. The first one, the most commonly

known is the loss of attitude control. One experience and
uncontrolled pitch down, pitch up or roll motion leading to
an unusual attitude. Normal attitude recovery may take time and induce a large
altitude loss
especially on large airplanes. Skills might be necessary to avoid
overshooting speeds or load factor limits. Speed departure is also a risk
in particular in non-symmetrical configurations, like
higher order deflection or difference in engine stressed
on a twin engine airplane. Deep stall, where the airplane
cannot be recovered and remain stuck at a high angle of attack
down to the ground, can also be observed although such stall characteristics
are very hazardous and should be avoided. But the second major risk is
the loss of flight path control. When at low speed,
you are already at CL max to maintain strength flight, you cannot
create additional lift to rotate your speed vectors in the uproad direction and
these can be catastrophic at low altitude. Typically, in final approach,
if you end below the normal approach plan, you have no way to recover, and
you will crash before the runway. This is really caused by a lack of lift
even if attitude control is perfect. To avoid this situation, airplanes
are fitted with stall warning devices. It can be easy natural
buffeting of the airframes caused by partial flow separation, and aural warning
triggered by your calibrated
angle of attack vein or stick shaker. On some airplanes, where the aerodynamic CL
Max is reached
after loss of attitude control a stall identification device like
a stick pusher creates a stall like behavior to induce stall recovery by
the pilot before aerodynamics CL Max. Eventually, some airplanes are protected
against stall thanks to their fly-by-wire system that prevents any excursion of
angle of attack up to the stall value. This system is efficient in avoiding
any loss of attitude control. However, it cannot protect against
the actual limitation of lift and the loss of flight path control. This has caused
some crashes in the past. [SOUND]