TP 777 obviously flies Boeings and has it dead on. The 757 in question has RB211 535 E4 engines and would have been doing a derated take off, so not even using full power. The 75 (and the 76 and 77) has so much thrust there was probably no need even to go to full power, just climb at V2 to 1000 feet and accel. in level flight to clean up (or keep flaps at 5 for an immediate return. It should have been no sweat for the crew because every airline pilot does this in every simulator check and I have heard that it was immaculately handled as one would expect from Britannia. (despite the awful name change imposed by the new German owners.) Hope to get some pictures of the engine soon so we can see the damage to the fan blades and why the engine was pulsing fire.

There is no auto shutdown (heaven forbid) and no need to do anything too close to the ground until everything is nicely under control, the problem engine POSITIVELY indentified and THEN carry out the Fire drill. It may well have been that there was no fire warning if the engine case remained intact , it is shrouded in kevlar, but the fire drill is still carried out , minus the shot, to shut down the engine and "isolate" it. In fact I remember flying with one BOAC captain, an ex wartime Lancaster pilot whose take off briefing included his personal approach to a take off fire on the VC10 : Let the B...... thing burn till we get to 1000 feet THEN we shut it down, a bit different to the company height of 400 but who was I to question this fine gentleman who was such a pleasure to fly with ?

.....and John L . the chickens are DEFROSTED first but you have probably heard that joke anyway !

Bird strikes are always a risk and one DC8 departing Sydney back in the 60s took birds in all 4 engines and ditched in Botany Bay, so the guys at Manchester were relatively lucky that only one engine was affected. At least, at LHR the big attraction for birds on the airfield, the sewerage works, has been converted into Terminal 5 !

Still, great video and accompanying R/T !

Regards,

David Gladwin.