Excerpt from “The Philippine Star 11/13/2002
Gardiner had recalled that while the aircraft was climbing to 350 feet after takeoff, the right engine lost power, causing the aircraft to lose speed before it crashed, Yap said.
……On the other hand, a representative of the British Rolls-Royce aircraft engine manufacturer, M.J. Gamlin, said they will bring the engine back home to determine the cause of the crash.”
Excerpt from “Reuters 11/11/2002
Manila - A passenger plane, trailing smoke from its left engine, plunged into Manila Bay and broke in two shortly after taking off from the Philippine capital on Monday, killing 18 of 34 people aboard.”
I couldn’t help but notice the glaring conflict between these two reports. I doubt that the engine manufacturer’s examination is going to determine anything more than the health of the engines and certainly not the cause of the crash.