Gill ATR - so what did happen then??

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Allegedly, a Gill ATR took off from the "Opposite End" at a Scottish Airport, pliot then declared MAYDAY, engine failure. 30 Secs later, this was changed to "it's all sorted, like to continue to destination!"

In all my years of ATC I have never come across anything like this..... even if crew decide its false warning or whatever, usually they elect to land ASAP to get it checked or whatever.....

.....or was this a case of a rushed departure in order to depart against the flow of traffic and save a track mile or 2, and something got forgotten or overlooked?

And some crews wonder why we ATCO's are not always keen on accomodating such requests...