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12th Mar 2019, 20:22

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Originally Posted by SteinarN

So, it seems that the gist of this now is that the AP got haywire thinking the aircraft was a Stuka bomber attacking some ground forces. And the crew was not able to or didnt succed in disconnection the AP.

Even then, what pushed up the autothrottles to max? Both autopilot and autothrottles can normally easily be disconnected and/or overpowered.