- 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...
-
airliners feature a performance-based VNAV system,
often connected to an
autothrottle to
automatically select idle
thrust or
increase thrust to
maintain a...
- 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...
- A takeoff/go-around
switch (TO/GA; /ˈtoʊɡə/) is a
switch on the
autothrottle of
modern large aircraft, with two modes:
takeoff (TO) and go-around (GA)...
- 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...
- Many
modern aircraft, such as most
Boeing and
Airbus aircraft, have
autothrottle/autothrust
systems that will set go-around
thrust if they are engaged...
- 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...
- pilots. The
pilots then
decided to go-around with the
autopilot and the
autothrottle. In the
third attempt, the
controller in
Surat Thani informed the flight...
