Originally Posted by
Capt Fathom
The pilot made his decision based on the information available to him at the time. He landed safely back at Essendon.
Yeah, that was lucky
Listen to the recording further up the thread. He also told ATC that there may be more damage to the aircraft that he knew about. So Thursday night we can listen to that recording and wonder why he didn't declare a Mayday. I guarantee you the ATSB will look at that as well.