Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
I'm struggling to think what the connection might be, if any, between the engine change and the jammed elevator.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc?
Just my thoughts. '....The jamming was due to the presence of a small extraneous object which entered the control mechanism'
IIRC some years ago there was a UK charter flight out of Tenerife. The crew suffered from control movement being restricted sometime after take off. I believe they could only turn one way. They eventually landed safely, I believe the captain never flew again?
Investigators found a spanner fouling the controls. An engineer had left it there during maintenance. Apparently the engineer put a notice in his crew room asking if anyone had seen it. I assume all tools are on a highlighted board, so one can see if anything is missing.
I am not suggesting the Hermes accident was similar to this incident, but the report of a extraneous object , reminded me of the incident I have described.
This is all from memory, so apologies if my account is wrong.