[mountainlion]

If you look at the video to the crash it is obvious that the engines were full power form the excessive black smoke coming out of the stacks before
the crash.

[Colt1851Navy]

Make sure the Captain of the ship wasn’t the cook two weeks ago.

[Mogger]

If you look at the video to the crash it is obvious that the engines were full power form the excessive black smoke coming out of the stacks before the crash.

Not necessarily.

There is often excessive black smoke when starting a diesel engine or a boiler.

Especially if you are in a hurry and maybe not feeding it the exact right air-fuel mixture.

[Gary from Dayton]

“ If you look at the video to the crash it is obvious that the engines were full power form the excessive black smoke coming out of the stacks before
the crash.”

Would reversing the propeller at full power cause the same smoke?