Having started the thread purely as a matter of interst for the excellent video may I put my oar in (with 10,000 hrs command time on 4 types of Boeing twins plus training Capt time). Basically you are all right. Land ASAP but what does that mean? If I had cabin fire (Like SR111 and the AC DC9) just after T/O I am going straight into a visual circuit put it on the ground and order an immediate evacuation. Some of us also rememeber the fire tragedy at MAN just off that same runway, back in 1985 or therabouts.

It may well be that the crew, as I said earlier, may NOT have had a fire warning, just vibration and excess EGT and in that case I would not expect a crew to rush anything and risk compounding the situation . I think the crew did exactly the right thing if this was the case. Climb to a safe height, go to a nearby holding pattern maybe with extended legs with ATC approval to reduce pilot workload, clean up, complete the checks and get the aircraft set up, correct V speeds etc and crew mentally prepared and fully briefed, inc go-around drill for a one engine inop landing which is no sweat on the 757. Fuel dump is not possible and it would take a long time to burn off fuel to MLW on one engine so an overweight landing is inevitable and not a problem (to fly, due runway length at MAN, or structurally).

On four engines its a little different, 30 years ago I had the HP compressor of a Conway let go of a number of blades on a BA VC10 climbing out of LHR just aftert T/ O. Indications were vibration, felt and on the vib guages and excess EGT In that case I decided (I had a great captain ex wartime captain who told me to get on with it, trust indeed) that after shutting down the engine , no fire indicated or observed, and with three other engines looking fine, we did dump fuel, about 40 tons which took about 40 minutes and then we landed back at LHR.

It seems the crew did a fine job and reports vary on the condition of the engine, from OK to write off ! One thing is for sure the RB211 is a tough engine with (very sharp) titanium fan blades. What really matters is that the aircraft was safely landed and all is well. No doubt some may pick holes in their performance and my bit here but Prune comment has been highly complimentary about all concerned at MAN, crew and ATC ! Well done guys (and girls if app) !

Regards, David Gladwin.