A pilot of a CRJ-200 is cleared to descend and slow down.
To speed-up the process, he intentionally unlocks two red triggers, that are there to prevent that the thrust levers are inadvertently moved below the IDLE setting and towards the SHUT OFF setting, and intentionally moves the thrust levers below the IDLE setting.
The result? Simultaneous double engine shut down. Brief loss of all electric power (until the RAT kicked in).
The captain is then "surprised" that this had happened even when the thrust levers didn't reach as far as the SHUT OFF mark. It is not reported, but I can hear him saying (or thinking) "it had never happened the times I did this before".
A good reason not to give this pilot a Darwin award is because there were a bunch of innocent passengers behind. Fortunately, he was able to restart both engines thus saving the passengers (and skipping the Darwin award).
A nice outcome would have been a power-off off-airport landing (with no injuries, please). I'd have loved listening this captain's explanations.
To speed-up the process, he intentionally unlocks two red triggers, that are there to prevent that the thrust levers are inadvertently moved below the IDLE setting and towards the SHUT OFF setting, and intentionally moves the thrust levers below the IDLE setting.
The result? Simultaneous double engine shut down. Brief loss of all electric power (until the RAT kicked in).
The captain is then "surprised" that this had happened even when the thrust levers didn't reach as far as the SHUT OFF mark. It is not reported, but I can hear him saying (or thinking) "it had never happened the times I did this before".
A good reason not to give this pilot a Darwin award is because there were a bunch of innocent passengers behind. Fortunately, he was able to restart both engines thus saving the passengers (and skipping the Darwin award).
A nice outcome would have been a power-off off-airport landing (with no injuries, please). I'd have loved listening this captain's explanations.
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