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Old 10th Aug 2007, 02:51
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ELAC
 
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I friend of mine told TAM'S A320 had msn 791
I friend of mine also told that Transasia's A320 had msn 789

Then I would ask another friend of mine if the following about TL fault

"Affected engine must be shut down, because when thrust levers are retarded, autothrust would remain in SPEED mode. During flare the thrust of the affected engine would increase to maintain the autothrust target speed."

was valid and if affirmative, any warning was then predicted.
Also, if affirmative, I would ask if such a behavior could be changed with later updates.
flyingnewbie,

If a TL fault had occured somehow causing the autothrust to remain in SPEED mode, then as the aircraft decelerated when the brakes were applied the thrust on the #2 engine would have increased in an attempt to maintain the target speed. If that had occurred I suspect that either the Airbus AIT or the FDR info that has made it's way into the public realm would have provided strong evidence of this.

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