Originally Posted by rcallahan
But, I've heard that one engine was at 35% N1 all the way to the water. The crew did not select TOGA
At the time of the bird strike both thrust levers were probably in the climb detent still looking for the computed target climb EPR but N1 decreased abruptly to 35% and 15% on engines 1 & 2 respectively … I don’t see how TOGA selection would have delivered anything more ?