Originally Posted by Jonty
Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but it would appear that had this been an A320, Alpha Floor would have automatically applied maximum thrust and saved the aircraft.
If the aircraft thinks its below 100ft RA then it wont. Just ask the Paris crew.
Please, will people mentioning that accident bother to check the basic facts first:
- It was not at Paris! It was at
Habsheim, which is a long way from Paris
- The crew did not expect TOGA thrust to kick in, because they had deliberately disabled that feature (permanently disabled autothrust).
- This is completely irrelevant to this accident.
Bernd