At 900 RA (4.5nm), the throttle positions retard to idle (N1 50%), 165kts for 146 kts (Vapp). As the throttles are advanced, #2 and #3 are interchanged, thus only Eng 1&4 provide thrust, 70% N1 becoming 90% or greater for the remainder of the flight. The animation shows eng 2 at 15% N1 (shutdown) and eng 3 at 30% N1 (idle), landing checklist complete - Rad Alt 700 – thus a relatively short time for all of the above to have occurred.
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20 kts above Vapp, roughly 450' below normal glidepath. The answer is idle power to slow the a/c???? How about maintaining the current power setting, decrease descent rate, and trade excess airspeed to attain typical glidepath?
Three pilots, along with two experienced F/E's, and this is the result?
The FDR and CVR explained what happened. Curious as to what might have lead up to the start of the event.
Something not addressed was the short sleep all crewmembers had. Happens at times. But 1 AM brief for a post 6 AM launch? Airline crews show up 1 hr prior to fly anwhere in the world. That the military still operates this way is dumb IMO.