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Originally Posted by Senior Skipper
....so the thrust lever must not have been at idle. Still, isn't there a separate switch to control the fuel supply to the engine? How did she inadvertently start the engine?
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Not like a Boeing... no separate fuel control. The thrust lever is also the fuel cutoff.
So, crank it with auto ignition and fuel getting pumped in, and it lights off. But, the automation does have several parameters that will abort a start. As was previously mentioned, introducing fuel even one degree over the 120 degree ITT limit will abort.
Not sure how that happened, unless she actually did move the thrust levers at the appropriate time in the start cycle.