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throw a dyce · 18th Nov 2006, 18:09

Topper,
I think that the checkie might have a point.At our little airport we have terrain to the west,and sea to the east.The option which a lot would go for is a turn over the sea.However if that's the opposite to the departure routing,then a unexpected turn to the east could rapidly bring you into conflict with numerous helicopters,who can't get out of the way easily.
We don't know what each companies engine out procedures are.Certainly climb straight ahead,squawk 7700 asap,inform ATC asap is a good starter from the controllers point of view.In our case the controller might be able to assist you with a heading in the desired direction,instead of you doing an unknown procedure which could be very dangerous for other traffic.

18th Nov 2006, 18:09	#15 (permalink)
throw a dyce Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: uk Posts: 1,058	Topper, I think that the checkie might have a point.At our little airport we have terrain to the west,and sea to the east.The option which a lot would go for is a turn over the sea.However if that's the opposite to the departure routing,then a unexpected turn to the east could rapidly bring you into conflict with numerous helicopters,who can't get out of the way easily. We don't know what each companies engine out procedures are.Certainly climb straight ahead,squawk 7700 asap,inform ATC asap is a good starter from the controllers point of view.In our case the controller might be able to assist you with a heading in the desired direction,instead of you doing an unknown procedure which could be very dangerous for other traffic.