An A330 flight crew delayed taking action on an ECAM thrust lever disagreement message which directe...

Narrative:

Shortly after takeoff we received an ECAM advising engine 2 thrust lever disagreement. ECAM required 'land as soon as possible'. All engine parameters; however; were normal. We continued the climb and contacted maintenance control via satcom and explained the condition; i.e. All engine parameters were normal except fluctuating lvr climb mct displayed on both captain and first officers' pfds. Moc recommended compliance with ECAM action to land as soon as possible. As a result I declared an emergency and continued to an overweight; but uneventful landing at the nearest suitable airport. Subsequent maintenance inspection revealed chaffed wiring from the eec. [It is of interest that our] aircraft was on MEL: 'engine 2 minor fault.' immediate correction of this MEL may have revealed the underlying wiring 'short' that lead to the subsequent engine 2 thr lever disagreement.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A330 flight crew delayed taking action on an ECAM thrust lever disagreement message which directed a landing 'ASAP.' Upon consultation with Maintenance Control they diverted to the nearest suitable airport.

Narrative: Shortly after takeoff we received an ECAM advising ENG 2 Thrust Lever Disagreement. ECAM required 'Land ASAP'. All engine parameters; however; were normal. We continued the climb and contacted Maintenance Control via SATCOM and explained the condition; i.e. all engine parameters were normal except fluctuating LVR CLB MCT displayed on both Captain and First officers' PFDs. MOC recommended compliance with ECAM action to land ASAP. As a result I declared an emergency and continued to an overweight; but uneventful landing at the nearest suitable airport. Subsequent Maintenance inspection revealed chaffed wiring from the EEC. [It is of interest that our] aircraft was on MEL: 'ENGINE 2 MINOR FAULT.' Immediate correction of this MEL may have revealed the underlying wiring 'short' that lead to the subsequent ENG 2 THR LEVER Disagreement.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1012505
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	EDDM.TRACON
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A330
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Throttle/Power Level
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

An A330 flight crew delayed taking action on an ECAM thrust lever disagreement message which directed a landing 'as soon as possible.' upon consultation with maintenance control they diverted to the nearest suitable airport.