Tales from the Flight Deck, Episode 29: Landing Fast with Stuck Throttles in an Airbus A330

An Airbus A330 crew experienced something they'd never trained for: too much power to land and no way to pull the throttles back to reduce power. Cathay Pacific Flight 780 was on the final leg of a trip from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Hong Kong International Airport with 309 passengers and 13 crew on board when this dangerous incident occurred. Captain Malcolm Waters takes us step by step through how this happened, how he and his crew handled the situation and its successful outcome, and the lessons he and his crew learned from that hazardous situation. This podcast is produced by AIN Publications, publishers of Aviation International News magazine and AIN 's online and digital products. For more information, go to or email AINedit@ainonline.com.

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Tales from the Flight Deck, Episode 29: Landing Fast with Stuck Throttles in an Airbus A330 is an episode from AIN's The Human Factor: Tales from the Flight Deck by Aviation International News.

This episode is 37:39 long.

This episode was published on Mar 15, 2021.

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