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Old 9th Jul 2019, 08:28
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Originally Posted by Persdawg
Keeping the throttles at full blast throughout is pretty crazy to me.
A low wing with underslung engines.
Open the throttles and the nose goes up. Close the throttles and the nose goes down.
Simple physics.
So when out of control aircraft systems were forcing the nose down at low altitude it would have taken balls of steel by the pilot to throttle back.
Keeping the throttle open was about the only tool open to him to fight to save his aircraft.
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