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Old 18th Nov 2014, 12:24
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Eleven years ago I had an engine failure after take off at 1000' in a turbo prop. The Captain suggested we return where we had engineering cover and a strong gusty crosswind. I proposed we fly 35 miles to where there was no engineering cover and no crosswind, and he agreed. It was a mayday of course but an uneventful outcome. Had I known that the "good" engine had the same incorrect IGV settings that caused the other engine to fail I might have taken a different view. There was never a hint of criticism (as far as I'm aware) from the company but who knows if the outcome had been different. Sometimes, as in LOFT exercises I've done there's different outcomes which may not be wrong but help one to learn about failure management.
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