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Bueno Hombre
Made PAN Call while still on the ground. Anyone know about any PAN call ever made on the ground before this. Fake news ?
He called out panpan when the LEFT engine injested birds. They still had enough thrust to continue the take-off. He then asked the tower for permission to turn around and land. He didn't call out mayday (supposedly) because right after take-off the RIGHT engine injested more birds and they realized they were having an interesting morning. There was no time for radio coms after that. The next call from the captain informed the tower they were down and evacuating.
See above. Translation just got approved.