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Old 26th Feb 2009, 14:12
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Autothrottle Retard

In 1986 I was involved with a situation at a small airline with 747-200 who had a rash of autothrottle retards at about 250 feet on approach. Turns out the radio altimeters were spiking down to 0 feet at that point, causing the A/T retard. Pilots reported it was subtle enough that it could have been overlooked long enough to cause grief.

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