Thanks for the replies even if some are a little on the acidic side.
I didn't mean for a minute to say that the engineers are doing a less-than-stellar job. These occurrences were random and probably have nothing to do with that side of things.
Also, this is, last time I looked, a rumour network so I certainly don't have all the facts, just wondering if there is any truth in the quiet words I've been hearing.
The YBBN thing was no big deal, I'm sure the crew would have practiced such situations a hundred times in the simulator. Still, for the prop to feather with the engine at full power must have put an unhealthy strain on the gearbox.
If that is what happened.
The YBTL takeoff sounded like the spoilers deployed as the weight came off the wheels, ie after V1, so not your average "rejected take-off". Some weird weight-on-wheels (squat switch?) malfunction. If that was the case then it must have been a rude shock to the crew. And yes, they probably only had 2400 odd metres of bitumen in front of them, minus what they had used.
If that is what happened.