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Originally Posted by jason_els  That's an amazing story Claire! See?! Every pilot should learn how to glide!
I hope they find the root cause of this and are able to discover how to fix it should it happen again. I take it the 777 is completely fly-by-wire? The throttle doesn't actually mechanically change the flow of fuel? |
If it's like most "by wire only" control systems (including those on modern automobiles) the operator input tells the computer control system that you want more power, the computer actually changes the fuel rate via electrical actuators. Throttle by wire autos work the same way.