That is what the report is saying, although wx might have been an issue:"When the propeller overspeeds occurred, the aircraft was at 10,090 ft AMSL 34 km south south east of Madang aerodrome. If we estimate it might have travelled two nautical miles towards Madang while losing 2,500 ft during the time the flight crew executed the emergency procedures and configured the aircraft to fly at 1.3 VS, it would have been approximately 17 nautical miles or approximately 31.5 km from Madang aerodrome by 7,500 ft AMSL. Prompt execution of the applicable emergency procedures would therefore have probably allowed the flight crew to glide to, or close to, Madang aerodrome. However, the flight crew could not see Madang and were also aware of a storm in the vicinity of the aerodrome."
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