flybe, single engine into MAN

[AdamB31]

I was a passenger on this flight, having never experienced such an incident first hand it did feel like a bit of a drama. Saying that, the cabin crew remained calm and did well to put some other passengers at ease. Many were asking questions. I did not realise that G-JECI was a new aircraft, the port side engine looked a little worn and the air intake looked damaged as if debris had been sucked into it.

To fill me with even more confidence, my return flight to Norwich had pushed back from gate 21 only to return to the gate five minutes later. The captain addressed the passengers and said that there was a problem with the aircraft. I was sat in row 3 so I could hear the captain talk to one of the cabin crew over the internal phone system. It sounded like an avionics problem which was apparently fixed by powering down and resetting.

As you can probably tell by my lack of knowledge, I am not a pilot but I will soon be starting lessons to get a private pilots licence