"The engines seem to have stopped in a staggered fashion the left seems to have been rotating more than the right. what does this indicate?"
Maybe that one landing gear collapsed before the other one did?
If the fuel came from a contaminated source in Beijing I would have thought that it was likely that one or more aircraft could have used that same contaminated fuel source and sufferred engine malfunctions as a consequence?
Maybe only one dead donkey fell into storage tank that day? Our Airbus fuel filters are frequently clogged up with Beijing's finest. A good point was raised about EICAS messages... On the 777, Cautions and Advisories are inhibited below 800' RA. A fuel fiter
impending bypass appears as a Status Message (not something likely to cause concern....especially on finals). There are several stages of fuel filtering, by the way.
On the subject of those keen to ground the 777.... If it was deemed to be a pilot error.. do we ground all pilots?
Rgds
NSEU
P.S. I fly Flight Simulator on my days off
