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Old 16th Aug 2007, 16:01
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TyroPicard
 
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Dani
If someone wants to insinuate that the TL no 1 was stuck in climb mode, that still doesn't take away the blame from the pilots.
What would you do in a split second if you see that it's stuck and engines are not spooling down? Right, cut the engine by the fuel lever, called Master Switch on the Airbus.
If this happened in the flare on a short wet runway I believe every pilot would instinctively perform a go-around/rejected landing, in order to sort the problem out in the air.. and divert to a long runway.

Lemurian
with the very unusual dual autopilot configuration which one only uses for an autoland.
Not unusual at all.. it is Airbus SOP to engage both A/P for all ILS approaches.
Cheers, TP
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