Yesterday one of media in Korea reportedly claimed that the pilots at OZ214 tried to full back throttle lever when they saw PAPI, which was 3 red and 1 white around 300 feet altitude, 30 seconds before crash but the throttle did not responded.
The statement was deliverately made from the governer of Korea Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation after they interviewed the pilots who were likely responsible for the crash of OZ214 at SFO.
According to pilots, they set the autothrottle ON after approaching angle is at their way to landing and recoginzed them lower than course from the view of PAPI. It says that immediately the captain manually full back the lever to increase engine power for moments but in vain.
There is big discrepencies between media and NTSB reports that Debora Hersman says the pilots in Asiana are premature at action and too late to accelerated the plane since they did not make on time.
By the way there are a couple of occasions that the thrust goes to idle when the autothrottle mode is engaged.
Autothrottle problems suspected in Heathrow 777 crash ? The Register
American Airlines Boeing 777 suffers autothrottle problem : Heathrow Airport News Stories
What is the turth? Hidding and covering?