i think i would go for A in todays climate. chip light isnt necessarily a warning of impending failure, so continuing to the nearest platform or land base might be prudent. easier to land it and get an engineer to go look at it that take the chance of continuing the flight as normal. im sure that the other engineers and dare i say it? the armchair engineers on this thread might disagree!!! but i suppose discussion is healthy is it not?
since failure of the epycyclic gearing is thought to be the cause, but how did the head separate when it is held to the gearbox by a ring of bolts, and also held to aircraft by three suspension bars? must have been an incredably violent torque to have ripped the lot off?
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