Originally Posted by
9mikemike
Having had an insidious runaway trim in the 737 I can say that if you are engaged with the airplane it is absolutely obvious right away…What did them both in was not so much the mis handling of the runaway trim but leaving the thrust at take off setting and allowing the airplane to grossly exceed Vmax. At 200 kts(clean maneuver speed approx) they could have easily overcome the runaway trim..
Yup agreed. For all of you non-737 aviators out there, don’t forget that we have the exposed trim wheels that make a lot of commotion when the trim is running. Granted there was a lot of other commotion for these poor crews during their emergencies but I’d like to think that more experienced crews would have had a better chance of making it out successfully.