Would You Continue Knowing the Damage?
SLF question if you guys don't mind. There's some discussion over how much the crew did/should have known before deciding to continue. I'm not offering an opinion, but given that the damage was non-structural and didn't affect any aircraft system, and that the crew would be aware of the blown tyre I can understand the desire to continue. If, as some have suggested, there was a camera or some such which displayed the damage to the crew, how many of you would have continued? Hindsight shows that the flight operated normally so a decision to dump fuel etc and return would have been unnecessary in this particular case, but who'd want to fly with what appears to be a gaping hole in the aetoplane?