Originally Posted by
short bus
After a "field repair" like this, does it get sent back to a Swiss Air maintenance facility to get checked over before going back into service?
The aircraft isn't going to leave Iqualuit with an engine that needs to be "checked over". Once it has been satisfactorily ground run, the aircraft will be released for service.
Whether an engine change has been done on a tent in northern Canada or a Zurich hangar should make no difference.