Effendi,
I happen to know the crew up the front of the aforementioned 146 in BHX, in fact I stayed at the F.O.'s place 2 days after the incident. Spoke to them about the incident and it seemed to me they did a good job of bringing the aircraft safely back to the field.
They might have been lucky, but remember, we all need a bit of luck to stay out of trouble.
Until the Incident Report is published with all the facts maybe we should stop slagging these aircraft off.
P.S. I don't fly the cockroach!
[This message has been edited by kennedy (edited 14 May 2001).]