Modern Boeing no, and I assume Airbus no also. There are 'switches' that need to be made before reversers can normally be deployed, such as weight on wheels, radio altitude and others. Maybe there was no protection on this Russian model.
Problems of doing it would be that if you could not retract the buckets and needed power...................................
I've no doubt some old Trident puke
will be along soon to tell you that they used to use reverse on number 2 engine (yawn
). It may be that the B727 used it as well - in both cases to expedite descent.
Just beaten to the post by Maz
