Originally Posted by
Bergerie1
You are, indeed, correct. I was not precise in my use of language
In your defence, a "fifth engine ferry" is a perfectly good description of a flight whose secondary purpose (in addition to carrying revenue passengers) is to ferry the fifth engine somewhere.
Originally Posted by
Machinbird
Can we assume that the replacement engine was essentially built up (QEC) configuration, or are there a lot of parts to be transferred between engines?
I'd have hoped that in the two-and-a-half days that elapsed between the landing at Iqualuit and the Antonov departing from Zurich that somebody would have had the common sense to arrange that.
Otherwise, swapping accessories from the dead engine in the tent to the replacement one in the cold outside wouldn't have been a lot of fun. But then again, it's the bean-counters who say what goes nowadays ...