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Idle but only for the descent. this is a situation the pilots don't know is unfolding. the airplane starts to slow down. the power does not come up as the auto throttle system thinks its on the ground. the airplane continues to slow. >> another problem, the plane is nearing the runway but the crew isn't finished prepping for landing. >> they didn't have the final flap selections made and still running the before landing checklist. consequently, the go around was required by their operations manuel yet they didn't do that. >> so all those things that they were doing at that time was taking them...

Big gas situation. the airplane starts to slow down. the power does not come up as the pilot expected it to because the auto throttle system thinks its on the ground. the airplane continues to slow. >> another problem, the plane is nearing the runway but the crew isn't finished prepping for landing. >> they didn't have the final flap selections made and still running the before landing checklist. consequently, the go around was required by their operations manuel yet they didn't do that. >> so all those things that they were doing at that time was taking them away from actually monitoring the ...