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Until that was done there would be NOTHING to navigate by and situational awareness could be rapidly lost.
Wrong. They weren't far from KL, they didn't need any FMC to turn back and return to their origination. No situational awareness would be lost, they were in VFR conditions, excellent visibility. It is simply preposterous to suggest that under the alleged dire emergencies they would even care about FMCs at all. We are talking (assuming) of course competent pilots.
olasek: To make such a strong statement about a theory from a current T7 driver I would assume you have experience with a multiple instrument failure, possibly including fire/smoke, at night, at altitude. Please provide your story in that case. Re return to KL, some T7 drivers have previously suggested that they might not want to return to KL due to terrain. In the meantime I find the plausibility of 777fly's theory way above average in this thread.