Originally Posted by bomarc
could something have jammed the throttle in the detent? something as innocuous as a writing pen or pencil? stranger things have caused crashes.
IF one thing is accomplished via this thread, I hope all pilots of all types will consider what to do in a runaway engine situation with limited time to THINK.
unfortunately it is the airbus throttle design that gives you no time to think, in such a situation with a pen or something jamming the lever. In any other aircraft with moving levers such a problem would be discovered at TOD when the levers closed -simple to resolve - just open them up agian, fly around a bit and sort it out. Worst case - shut one down and execute a 'standard' one engine out approach and landing.
Discovering such a problem on the runway is only ever going to end one way.