Flight KL1277 KLM Boeing 737-700 Amsterdam Edinburgh squawk code 7700
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Incident: KLM B737 near Norwich on Apr 28th 2015, engine shut down in flight
Designed to fly on one, close enough to return I would suggest.
Not aware of any absolute must land rule
Incident: KLM B737 near Norwich on Apr 28th 2015, engine shut down in flight
Designed to fly on one, close enough to return I would suggest.
Not aware of any absolute must land rule
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Personally wouldn't it be better to fly to nearest airport than risk a over water flight on one engine... Without knowing why the first engine shut down. Folk would have been at less risk and easily bussed up/over to EDI.
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How do we know the crew didn't know what caused the IFSD? You can't say pax would have been at less risk by landing at the nearest airport...as AMS would probably have been the crew's home base, they'd presumably be intimately familiar with the approaches, airfield layout, nav & comm frequencies, local ATC etc etc. All of which makes the subsequent single engine approach and landing easier and less stressful, which I respectfully suggest is much more of a safety benefit than avoiding 20 mins over the sea. Sounds like a no-brainer especially with the a/c positioned 100 or so miles from AMS at FL400?
