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Old 30th May 2009, 10:18
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zerozol
 
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SNAM,

hey, thanks for the answer! great!
yep, the idea of fuel saving was in my head as well.

there are some points wich are totally dark for me, but i'm really eager to understand what happened in the cockpit during these seconds! apart from the fact that is mentioned everywhere, called "fatigue", wich i understand and feel with you all, totally.

so, the pilots are controlling the acceleration, okey.
my other question is what happened during acceleration?
i found this: "The first officer flying the aircraft unsuccessfully tried to rotate in accordance with the calculations and, when the aircraft did not respond, the captain applied take-off/go-around (TOGA) power to lift off (...)" (flightglobal.com)

the throttle wasn't responding, or the first officer just tried to rotate with the yoke without adding more throttle?

did they realize that aircraft is too slow, not accelerating as "usual"? i mean before doing TOGA?
isn't it possible to intervene anytime, anywhere with throttle arm, to give more power to engines?

thanks in advance!
z
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