Simple question on old 747SP incident...

[LeadSled]

Originally Posted by wrench1

If the #1 engine had been retarded to match the low thrust #4 engine, would the aircraft have remained level? Not passing judgement just curious.
https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/19-february-1985/

The core issue was inattention --- nobody "flying the aeroplane".
Everybody concentrating on "the problem", at the expense of "Rule 1- Fly the Aeroplane".
The way that story is written gives a wrong impression of how the control was lost, refer to the original accident report for what really happened.
Speaking as somebody who took a great interest, as I was flying SPs at the time.
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