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Old 8th August 2003 | 19:33
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sycamore
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stuck thrust lever(s)

I`ve not flown a-733, so what I suggest may leave me open to be shot-down, but maybe it might give you a few thoughts.
Personally , I would get away into free airspace, to experiment, as a starter. Use airbrakes, flap, gear,steep-turns, and climbs to get the speed down, as it will.Fly the a/c without all the electronics/Fms/ autopilot/; then you can start to sort out how much control you actually have! and simulate an approach and go around at a safe height.
The Flight Manual will give you a list of most common emergencies, but it won`t cover all, so that is why you are highly paid - first of all to consider all the options, then to think of all the possibilities...

Where better to look at a bit of lateral -thinking than in the sim. doing a "what- if" scenario , as opposed to normal tick-in-the box t/o, cruise, etc,,
You might also like to consider jammed stick/ rudder/ ailerons/spoilers. Remember the Sioux City DC-10 crash, the crew in that a/c never gave up flying until they hit the ground, and a lot of people alive today owe it to their efforts ..
If you fly light a/c , you can of course practice them at a safe height, using trimmers,flaps, secondary effects of control to see how much you can do, and I think you would be surprised.
Now, do I hear" incoming"???
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