lost in saigon
why do you think there was still partial power in one of the engines?
I cannot remember any fact to this effect having been published
Earlier on in this thread there was a request, based on known altitudes and speeds as published on this thread for a 320 bus pilot to evaluate at what point power was apparently known to have been lost but unfortunately no one replied.
It seems clear that at 3200 ft there was at least insufficient power to sustain level flight and descent commenced.
There has been (an unsubstantiated) suggestion the plane's APU would have been on during take off because of de-icing prior to take off. I understand this delivers (some) hydraulic pressure to allow flap deployment.
perhaps a bus pilot can see from the pics if flaps were deployed. I remember at least one poster claiming they were in the TO position but I do not know if he was a bus flyer