BOAC, very good post, on which all further posts should be based on.
Except for:
Unfortunately the position of the number 2 TL in the wreckage will not confirm where it was on the runway. Who knows if anyone moved it during those last frantic seconds?
We know:
- All TL movements of the last 120 minutes of the flight.
- Last position of TL (because of the impact scares on the metal).
- Every thrust change the engines ever did
Please compare the FDR printout. The TLA engine 2 stays constant. In the CLB detent.
It's pretty obvious that they "forgot" about the TL 2...
Dani