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Old 16th January 2012 | 22:36
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rudderrudderrat
 
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Hi
As you pull out you see a car approaching so you step fully on the accelerator pedal. But the car instead applies the brakes.
Er no. They stepped on the accelerator pedal briefly, whilst cruise control was still engaged, then took their foot off the pedal and were surprised with the result.

ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-8F2 TC-JGE Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS)

"The first officer responded immediately to the stick shaker by pushing the control column forward and also pushing the throttle levers forward. The captain however, also responded to the stick shaker commencing by taking over control. Assumingly the result of this was that the first officer’s selection of thrust was interrupted. The result of this was that the autothrottle, which was not yet switched off, immediately pulled the throttle levers back again to the position where the engines were not providing any significant thrust. Once the captain had taken over control, the autothrottle was disconnected, but no thrust was selected at that point. Nine seconds after the commencement of the first approach to stall warning, the throttle levers were pushed fully forward, but at that point the aircraft had already stalled and the height remaining, of about 350 feet, was insufficient for a recovery."
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