Originally Posted by
BEagle
I've never heard of that so-called Delhi incident.
It is possible that a pilot leaving his seat might, if very clumsy, have pressed the autopilot cut out switch on the control column. But that would have been obvious to the entire crew.
There were no overhead autopilot controls on the overhead panel, all were on the centre console.
It is highly unlikely that neither the co-pilot, air engineer nor navigator noticed that the autopilot had been disconnected.
The story sounds like total nonsense to me.
I thought it might be, it was told to me by one of the Tour Guide's showing myself and a bunch of emmets around the VC-10 at CAHC, the thing is, I was back a year or two later, and the tour guide never mentioned it, so I chipped in and relayed the story as best as I could remember. I did accept the improbability of the situation, nevertheless, everyone including the tour guide were impressed.
FB