Interesting posts PBL and many others.
PBL
.....Of those (let us take it as) 55 million landings, there have been 3 in which some issue related to thrust control has resulted in an accident, with a total of 3 deaths (ground deaths, no passengers and no crew). These incidents are
* 22 March 1998, at Bacolod
* 28 Aug 2002, at Phoenix
* 18 Oct 2004, at Taipei-Sung Shan
Even if we suppose that TAM Congonhas on 17 July was an addition to that list, that is still less than one serious problem every 10 million landings......
Are you not forgetting:
S7 Airlines Flight 778
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S7_Airlines_Flight_778
Fatalities...124
Injuries.......68
Also, how many Boeings have suffered similar auto-throttle accidents when compared to AB ??
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