CORK METROLINER CRASH
Have a look at my posts of 1st and 3rd September 2013. Thrust induced assymetry in one and assymetry previously reported on the accident aircraft the other. So all that was necessary for the ladies of fate to add an ill preprared crew who bust minima and for the PNF to compensate for the lack of automation and assume the role of an auto pilot and auto thrust system to bring about the fateful accident.
The question that we really need to debate is the lessons learned. In particular by operators which still appear to continue to allege that flight delays occasioned through technical problems are beyond their control and spend a fortune in the courts to defend claims for statutory compensation. Would it not be a lot better if they applied such resources to crew training and maintenance instead. Overworked, poor and inadequatly trained crews with ill maintained aircraft are a deadly combination.