- An
autothrottle (automatic throttle; also
known as autothrust, A/T, or A/THR) is a
system that
allows a
pilot to
control the
power setting of an aircraft's...
- plane's
engines were
still operating upon impact. It was
known that the
autothrottle on this
aircraft had
malfunctioned a few days earlier, and one line of...
- reaction,
which was
triggered by a
faulty radio altimeter. This
caused the
autothrottle to
decrease the
engine power to idle
during approach. The crew noticed...
- takeoff/go-around
switch (TO/GA or TOGA; /ˈtoʊɡə/) is a
switch on the
autothrottle of
modern large aircraft, with two modes:
takeoff (TO) and go-around...
- At this
point the
autothrottle is now
engaged and the aircraft's
computer is now in
takeoff mode.: 3 This
refers to the
autothrottle system's
clamp mode...
- of the engines, the autopilot, the
flight director, or the
autothrottle. The
autothrottle control was
found to be in the "armed"
position during do****entation...
- this was due to a
combination of the
Power Management Control unit and
autothrottle which was
disengaged prior to
shutting down the
right engine, the fuel...
-
failure to
monitor their airspeed and
overreliance on the aircraft's
autothrottle.
Flight 901 was a
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30,
registered as LN-RKB, named...
- position, with
engine power being governed by the
flight computer's
autothrottle system. Two
seconds prior to touchdown, an
aural warning, "****, ****"...
-
reaches a 290 kn TAS (537 km/h) cruise.
Updated Honeywell avionics with
autothrottle feature both
cursor control device and touchscreen.
Adapted from the...
