Originally Posted by
aussieflyboy
This event is a good example of the difference between calling Mayday or Pan.
A Mayday has resulted in significant media attention whereas another QF operator has had 4 engine failures (on 2 engine jet aircraft) in very recent times and only declared Pan resulting in no media coverage.
A ‘full emergency’ results in all the local boys around the airport finding out and calling the media.
It’s still strange that the pax on the other 4 didn’t relate their terrifying ordeal to the media, those down the back would have had a plenty of opportunities to whip the iPhone out. The whole cluster has been very effectively hushed up somehow.