Originally Posted by
badflaps
Early DC-10's were prone to do the same things, usually heard from the lower galley pretty quick. Had it capture the ILS glide slope at JFK and the lights of New York start to disappear. The sea spray was the big give away that it had captured the "Phantom" slope, ol' skipper went back to hand flying permanently.
That and the Pratt powered -40s liked to quit at TOD when pulling them back to idle.