After reading
BEA and
Airbus bulletins
No other alternative than to blame the crew (I should say the two guys) seated at the controls at the time:
These guys failed to retard the THR LEVERS for 11 seconds !?
They did rapidly notice they were moving
They did quickly push on the brake pedals
They did quickly turn the PARKING BRAKE OFF
But they failed to retard the THR LEVERS for 11 seconds …
As the wall was dangerously approaching, they kept substantial thrust (1.24 to 1.26 EPR) for 11 seconds !
How surprising is it ?
Still, it could be possible … as long as you don’t have a look at the
pictures, and you don’t realize the magnitude of destruction, and you don’t note the absence of braking mark.
So possibly one of these official statements is false, if not all of them:
· Airplane was at 30 knots
· Power was at idle
· Airplane was braking
DFDR / CVR did deliver all the story already, but very surprisingly they waited (as officially told) 4 days before reading them, and even there they precise they waited in the afternoon to do that, at tea time.
But this information is not avail to anyone, it would be too simple to know what happened, it really has to stay in “good hands”.
... and be assure:
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY AIRCRAFT SYSTEM OR ENGINE MALFUNCTION
A ce stade, aucun dysfonctionnement technique au niveau des systèmes de freinage et des moteurs n’a été mis en évidence
Originally Posted by PJ2
CVR will tell us - if it's ever released
Usually it is, ……. as soon as doctored !