Engine problem after take off
A looooooooong old time ago (well, 1999 to be more specific) I was on board a BA flight from JFK to MAN.
The a/c developed engine "problems" pretty soon after takeoff - to the untrained ear it sounded like the capt was applying thrust, then reducing, in an effort to get the correct power. This could be totally wrong, though, and is frankly irrelevant I guess.
The capt issued a PA explaining that "as you can all hear, there is a minor problem with one of our engines" and that he was "working with ground engineers to sort it out."
All I wondered was this: do ground engineers have live access to the engine output and what could they have done to aid the capt while airborn; my guess being that they either say stay up or come down, surely there's no remote way of fixing things. Is there....!
Anyway, we carried on without problem. Just thought I'd ask the question.
Cheers all,
Teddy