China Airlines Overshoot at LAX??
Heard a rumour that CAL nearly lost a B747-400 during a recent missed approach at LAX, in very similar circumstances to the accident they had at TPE a few years ago. According to the story I heard, the autothrottle failed to engage when the TOGA switches were pressed. The crew failed to advance the thrust levers manually and the speed decayed rapidly as the aircraft pitched up (I assume the autopilot was engaged and the a/c automatically followed the F/D TOGA command). The aircraft was about to fall out of the sky when a deadheading pilot on the jump seat reached forward and slammed the thrust levers forward. Apparently it all looked very interesting to observers on the ground.
Can anyone confirm??