Originally Posted by
JammedStab
Originally Posted by Herod
Like I said, it depends on fuel state. What you KNOW about the situation. I wasn't there, and I'd be the last person to criticise a captain's decision, having put out three maydays myself.
I suspect each MAYDAY occasion occurred in quick succession with a half second between each occasion.
Occasion 1: MAYDAY
Occasion 2: MAYDAY
Occasion 3: MAYDAY
As heard by ATC: MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY (also known as putting out three MAYDAYS).
Thanks for your patronising comment, JammedStab.
One. Generator fell off its perch and severed an engine oil line. Low oil pressure warning, shutdown, mayday.
Two. Severe icing day. Very bad engine vibration, checklist called for shutdown, mayday. No fault found, and it was assumed a big chunk of ice separated from the wing and went into the (rear-mounted) engine.
Three. Structural failure of the rudder, resulting in hard-over situation. resultant sideslip caused an engine to fail due fuel starvation. mayday.
Since my original comment has set rats among the corn, this will be my last post on this thread. I say again, there was no criticism of the captain's decision.