Ha ha, went back to screenshot the offending article to find a new headline and buried well down the piece, a paragraph containing a retraction and apology - seems BS was fed some of the same by parties supposedly in the know and went off half-cocked. New text;
"An earlier post on this topic (for which the comments have been preserved) contained some incorrect information published in good faith. To be blunt, this reporter is unhappy with this situation, particularly given some of the sources.
It has now been established that the flight last Friday from Albury to Sydney was well past Canberra Airport when the pilots shut down the right hand engine and feathered its propeller, shortly before it separated and fell away, fortunately missing any control critical surface of the SAAB 340, which could have caused an crash likely to kill all 16 people on board. That propeller hasn’t been found. My apologies to REX and their pilots for doubting the judgments that led to a continuation of the flight when it was incorrectly described as having first encountered engine problems near Canberra."
Oh and BS, try and keep up would you, the propeller has been found.
Last edited by spinex; 21st Mar 2017 at 04:42.
Reason: Grammar