IIRC, the pilot increased thrust to increase airspeed which made it harder to pull back on the yoke to fight against MCAS. I will need to check references again

IIRC, the pilot increased thrust to increase airspeed which made it harder to pull back on the yoke to fight against MCAS. I will need to check references again but I just got into bed. Edit: here we go: Pilots have demonstrated in simulator that the trim wheels cannot be moved in severe mis-trim conditions combined with a high airspeed.[92][93] As the pilots on Flight 302 pulled on the yoke to raise the nose, the aerodynamic forces on the tail’s elevator would create an opposing force on the stabilizer trim jackscrew that would prevent the pilots from moving the trim wheel by hand.[86][91][94] The resolution for this jammed trim issue is not part of Boeing's current 737 manual according to The Air Current.[90] The Seattle Times reports pilots on the 737-200 were trained for this failure, but latter models got so reliable, this procedure was no longer necessary.[91][90] Just stolen from Wikipedia before I sleep: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_302#Expert_analysis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_30...