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RAT 5
I'm also curious that he banked 37.5 INTO the dead engine.
1. Shortly after takeoff a collision with a bird caused damage to the left hand engine which reduced the available thrust from that engine by about 45%. The crew decided correctly to return to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
2. The implementation of the return however were not in line with standard operating procedures, the deviations were:
- the execution of a right hand turn at 260 feet AGL with a bank angle of 37.5 degrees instead of continuing straight until minimum safe altitude has been reached and the gear has been retracted
