I am really glad that the SACAA has accepted the help of the AAIB.
An engine on fire can still produce take off thrust and there are many simulator scenarios, certainly within a 50 second period where, at rotation, you would leave a fire warning alone, apart from cancelling the devastatingly irritating bell, and fly the aircraft instead-normal drills until 400 feet.
Nobody said it was on fire. The theory is that it lost a rear turbine seal, smoke was from oil in the exhaust.
such as whether the power reduction on engine No. 1 resulted from an incorrect identification of the failed engine, or a decision to land the aircraft as soon as possible, or other factors unknown at this time, that necessitated a deviation from standard operating procedures to continue the flight on one engine
If you reduce the power on the good engine, and the aircraft starts to head for terra firma, you increase it again. Why you do the verification with the thrust lever. But come to think about it, I have never demostrated that in the sim.
Might be a worthwhile 5min spent in the sim, any thoughts?