Originally Posted by
wonkazoo
I simply cannot recall (but am inviting others here to fill in the blanks if you can) another system on a transport category aircraft with a failure mode that defaulted to "I'm going to try to fly the airplane into the ground.
TK1951 at AMS (also a 737) did pretty well that, albeit without all the extra bells, whistles and shakers.
Safety Recommendations from the investigation report:
Boeing should improve the reliability of the radio altimeter system.
The FAA and EASA should ensure that the undesirable response of the autothrottle and flight management computer caused by incorrect radio altimeter values is evaluated and that the autothrottle and flight management computer is improved in accordance with the design specifications.