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Old 5th Apr 2019, 22:39
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deltafox44
 
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Originally Posted by Airbubba
I still can't figure out why nobody pulled back the power with continuous overspeed warnings on both sides and obviously too much thrust for attempted level flight.
Attempted level was FL320 !

With stall warning and attempting to clear the terrain, more speed means more potential energy, so I think overspeed was not on top of their priorities.

If Boeing NNC for trim runaway had included "reduce speed if manual trimming is too hard", perhaps they would have done it...
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