Originally Posted by
bigbusdriver
Is this Tweet valid data for the vast majority of citizens? NTSB @NTSB 7 Jul The throttles were advanced a few seconds prior to impact and the engines appear to respond normally. #Asiana 214
Is the appearance of an responding normally a factual data point?
Come on, man!
I bet every 777 operator, up coming 777 passenger, flight crew member, Boeing, GE or RR don't mind knowing the airplane was working just fine.
Sure that directs attention towards the flight deck but so what? On the flip side of the coin should the NTSB have a gag rule imposed such that the engines had not responded properly the NTSB would vow to say nothing pending the completion of a 12+ investigation? What if another 777 crashed in a week in a similar manner?