Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
AirBubba, no Shackleton AEW was lost until one piled in up in Scotland.
Just done some digging. The Shackleton in the 1957 Gibraltar adventure was an MR2. WL 792 of 224 squadron. Date was 14th September 1957. The starboard outer went into overspeed and the co-pilot put his hand up to stop the engine as the captain did the same with the result that the captain's hand was deflected onto the engine stop for the starboard inner. T'would seem that both hydraulic pumps are on the starboard engines. With only flaps deployed the captain elected to do a wheels-up.
As a mere layman I'm puzzled as to how and why the good engine on the starboard wing couldn't be re-started. I was under the impression that a Shackleton could fly on two engines, indeed I've seen video of a Saffer one doing a flypast on one.