"Pan Pan Pan, Tower, MI517 maintaining heading 225, engine shutdown, request radar service, level off at 5000 right turn to HGU."
When it all comes to real life emergency, SOP is the only way to ensure we can get back to the ground safely. By then, we would all appreciate the training we have been given in the Sim. It is as real as in the sim, and vice versa!!!
Landed overweight 5 tonnes with one engine and Oil Qty/PR read zero without exceeding any safety parameters, I reckon we did a pretty good job that night.
Slip-station in an isolated country wasn't any fun. Hotel and food was good enough, but apart from that, Yangon is a city that you can't expect anything. People and seafood there are nice though.
According to company policy, we are not allowed to talk much about it. Since this incident is still undergoing investigation, and company obviously doesn't want this to go public, that's all I can put down here for now.
At the end of the day, SOP, Training, CRM and cool heads are all that matters in flying. It may not happen to most pilots in their entire flying career, but for some lucky ones like me and my crew, we have seen it and experienced it.
