Does anyone else besides me consider that maybe this crew screwed up? Maybe they actually shut down the good engine during a severe damage engine shutdown while attempting to return to the airport.
While this is technically possible and of course it famously happened BMI there seem to be a few differences here.
1. That engine was shut down at idle power, this one would have had probably at least 70% of power ( more likely over 90%) so the crew would had noticed the power loss instantly and would most likely have had time to re-start it.
2. Passengers and CCMs on the BMI reported immediately that there was confusion in the cabin about which engine was damaged.