Originally Posted by
Rama
NTSB is sending a crew of 10. They appear to be taking it very seriously as they should as a dual engine failure on a transport category jet is unheard of.
It was obviously an old aircraft, but if this happened on a pax plane the outcome would have been much worse.
Kudos to the Coast Guard for saving the crew.
Could have been dual failure due to an issue which affected both motors... that would be significant but also pretty darn rare. Birds (Sully) or something like that BA triple at LHR.
Could also be that the "good" motor was tired and they inadvertently cooked it when they added thrust to compensate for the first failure. The timeline hints at that possibility.
I just don't think they could have run out of gas that quickly. Although an RJ a few years back managed to TO with just enough gas to get to the flight levels. They caught it barely in time, diverted, landed and may have flamed out on the taxi in.