In case engine control is completely lost on airliners (destroyed signal cables, no control over fire extinguishers, no way to cut fuel flow etc.) and they're able to "continue on their own", how do engines react in such a situation (I can imagine different scenarios for older and newer FADEC type engines)?I faintly remember to have read somewhere that on one A380 accident where parts of the engine disrupted the wing and caused a similar condition, the engine electronics kept the latest thrust setting... Imagine thrust is high and you need to land with an unstoppable engine :(

In case engine control is completely lost on airliners (destroyed signal cables, no control over fire extinguishers, no way to cut fuel flow etc.) and they're able to "continue on their own", how do engines react in such a situation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_Airlines_Flight_981March, 1974, DC-10: The rear cargo door blew open, damaging the rear passenger compartment floor, which collapsed, taking with it the engine control, and more importantly, the elevator/rudder control systems. As the center engine is way above the centerline of the aircraft, at full power it pushed the nose downward, and their only answer was to increase the thrust of the other two wing pylon mounted engines to push the nose upward..