Originally Posted by
fireflybob
I met someone today who was a passenger on the aircraft in question. He advised me that passengers were told that an engine was shutdown as a precautionary measure due to reducing oil pressure. He is an experienced retired air force pilot who still keeps his hand in on light aircraft.
And bearing in mind that the Kegworth accident was caused by a B737 with engine problems, some 28 years ago, crashing on the western side of the M1, in a cutting, with fatalities, you can perhaps understand the reason why the emergency procedures were carried out as they were. No vehicles were affected on that occasion but easily could have been.
I am sure the Shoreham accident, although not directly comparable, have sharpened the minds of those agencies responsible for emergency action.