Originally Posted by lomapaseo
I don't recall that the tower was aware of the loss of the engines during the ATC conversations. What source do you have for this?
lomapaseo,
The tower got a phone call from someone (i thing he was an officer in the coast guard, or other official) who had seen one engine fall into the water.
It was in the official report. The tower was confused by the crew call that they "lost" the engines, and understood that they knew they had really lost them. Had the crew reported engine fire or failure, the tower would have told them about the phone call.