"The autopilot and autothrottle were both
disconnected at 10:40:56-58.
Good job you lot are not doing the investigation
"
Boac, with the 2nd statement I absolutely agree
thank God, but back to autopilot and autothrottle disconnected. As much as is available in the transcript, what's your view - that until this "auto" part was disconnected (MAK doesn't say who did it and how did it happen)(just that it took place 4 and 5 sec before the plane hit the birch and lost the wing) - do you think they flew on full auto-piloting, not applying anything from themselves, from Far Beacon to this "4 and 5 seconds respectively" dis-connection point? Like, was it full autopiloting, after they set the angle and thus the direction, and pressure and runway into the system?
I am trying to think; suppose they didn't snatch at any ? piloting regime handles, the wheel, whatever. If they continued to touch nothing. Would that auto-piloting system bring them to the runway?