And the Eng2 increase in thrust is notable, but it doesn't reach anything like climb thrust, If I'm reading that chart right.
My apologies but an Audio Spectrum Analysis of the CVR could show whether both TLs were brought to idle or not.
I don't think such evidence would be admissible in court though.
Is it such a terrible thing to admit that the likeliest explanation is that the pilots made a mistake?
J.