Originally Posted by
Airbubba
Which begs the question, were the throttles still at max all the way down and if so why?
And was the autopilot really on until impact?
I have the same questions. Since this event was over a span of 18 seconds, I would think that they were man handling the controls and forgetting about the automation running the show.
Just the yanking on the yoke would probably disconnected the A/P and surely someone saw the thrust levers full forward. Especially since they were accelerating from 240KTS to 425KTS.
RGDS