Originally Posted by
EDLB
Shut down the good engine on a twin happens relatively often. So the pilots did a good thing only idling the assumed faulty one. Why did it never appear to them to give the idling engine a shot while they had already called for the coast guard. Task saturation? I would think you firewall all power you have if you go down over an ocean at night. Why stick to a wrong decision making if there is very little to loose if you try the other options? May be the training is not optimal for those situations?
Appears the idling status of #1 was not due to any conscious effort by the pilots. Both pilots were absolutely convinced that #1 was a dead donk. Therefore in their minds, operating the #1 thrust lever was pointless. Both stated the engine failure shutdown checklist was started by not completed. From the interviews, unclear who split the thrust levers. FO claims he operated TLs together. Captain claims he operated only the #2 TL, with the status of #1 TL unknown to him because it was too dark to see.