Originally Posted by
FlightDetent
The BEA press release clearly spells the flight column channels had been temporarily de-synchronized due to opposing forces on the yoke.
Also, note "8" explains what that means and the 50 lbs force required. Parlez vous Twitter?
If they activated the breakout (surprising - the normal loads on the 777 control wheels are pretty light as long as you're not doing something stupid like pulling into a stall - to have to apply greater than 50 lbs. on the wheel should have been a dead giveaway that the pilots were working against each other), I'm reasonably sure it takes a maintenance action to reconnect them (I'm thinking it's a frangible link but I'm not sure about that). So that would explain the aircraft being grounded for a few days after the event.