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Originally Posted by uniformed reporter
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau report released yesterday reveals the pilot in command disconnected the autopilot and lowered the plane's nose to prevent the stall but the aircraft's automatic throttle responded by increasing the power.
The pilot countered by pushing the thrust levers to the idle position but the aircraft pitched up again and climbed 2000ft
Oh the horror! Lowering the nose in a stall with power coming up
It sounds like the crew got a live demo of the autothrottle wake-up (working the way it's designed). My guess is the AT's would retard once airspeed got above ref. If you don't want AT, turn them all the way off with the paddles.
Sounds like a wild ride for sure.
04-15-2008
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