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...

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 documentation...

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...

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...

Many modern aircraft, such as most Boeing and Airbus aircraft, have autothrottle/autothrust systems that will set go-around thrust if they are engaged...

with the problem. As it turned out, this was a coincidence; when the autothrottle was disengaged prior to shutting down the right engine, the fuel flow...