Originally Posted by
atakacs
To be honest the licensing part of this mess is relatively minor when put into the perspective of the glaring mistakes and negligences otherwise comited.
I guess you are right, these 'senior QF check pilots' apparently never did a checklist or fired an extinguisher bottle with the left engine on fire. I'm sure some will call this 'technique'.
1.1.14 Throughout the flight, the left engine was on fire. The cockpit GoPro video recording
showed that the left engine’s revolutions per minute (RPM) indicator was fluctuating
and, later, the left engine’s fire master caution light illuminated and an audible
warning sound came on confirming that the left engine was on fire. The GoPro
video recording also showed that prior to impact, the control wheel was being
deflected to the right by the PF and he indicated that they had lost aileron control.
He also requested the PM (first officer) for the rudder input.
1.1.15 The GoPro video recording further showed that the PF was not sure if they had
retracted the landing gears as he could be heard asking the PM if the gears were
retracted or not. Moreover, the video recording revealed that although the crew was
informed of the left engine being on fire by one of the passengers, they were still not
sure which engine was on fire. At no stage did the crew discuss or attempt to
extinguish the fire in the left engine. As a result, the left engine fire extinguishing
system was never activated and the left engine remained operating and on fire until
the aircraft impacted the building.