More and more, I'm getting the feeling that this thread might be something that should be in
Jet Bast.
How could pax in a "
in a fully laden F27" be "
blissfully unaware" that one engine had been shut down, on an F27? A feathered, very slow rotating prop, along with the associated lack of noise, and the required wing high/low attitude in the case of an engine failure on that type, would make it near to impossible for pax to miss.
Notice that our cowboy selects his words very carefully though.
in a fully laden F27 when I was obliged to shut down an engine not long after take off. The flight continued and proceeded on one engine to overfly two perfectly good airfields at Kuala Lumpur and Malacca with the passengers blissfully unaware.
He doesn't actually say that the Fokker had a full load of passengers, but rather that it was "a fully laden F27" (a freighter?), and that the pax (sheep? pigs?) were "unaware".
But regardless, he chose to overfly "two perfectly good airfields".
Giving him the benefit of the doubt, perhaps there was good reason for electing to do this. Perhaps flares weren't available, or they weren't manned at the time he was airborne.
C'mon
Prince, please enlighten us with your reasons for NOT landing "at the nearest suitable airport", after shutting down one of the two Darts.