Thanks for the response. I am sure you would agree that communication is a vital part of emergency response. Please see the front page article in Daily Liberal about this incident:
Big fright on Qantas flight | POLL | Daily Liberal
There was no reason to cause a fright in my humble opinion. It is a passenger flight and not a cargo! There are people with medical condition inside it and could get into life threatening situations by panicking. I totally agree that the priority should be getting the plane safely back. But there is also a professional way of doing things. Also the news article implies lack of good response from quantaslink. I wonder what the ATSB will do - it still appears to only think whether to investigate or not!
I do appreciate the pilots who did a remarkable job of landing it safely. But a plane full of pax switching of an engine mid air not requesting emergency assistance? That's odd for me. Thanks again.