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Old 8th December 2004 | 10:23
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Dehavillanddriver
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As 411 and others have said - it depends.

If it was burning I'd come straight back

If it was a straight cut - ie the engine ran down - I'd dump

As for altitude, I'd stay above the 25 nm MSA (and within 25nm) given that the charts (in my country at least) have a 25 nm MSA published on the Jepps.

Is a straight cut an emergency or an urgency situation - would you call mayday or pan?

Unless it was burning (or had damaged the aircraft during its death) I reckon it is an urgency situation rather than an emergency - but there are many differing views on this point.
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