[Pearls Before Swine]

Does this mean they lost engine power and were trying to glide in? Asking the FR pilots.

[Macho MAGA Man]

That’s a distinct possibility.

[BenLurkin]

My question is did the pilot have and engine failure and then shut down the wrong engine? Apparently it has happened before on this same kind of aircraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransAsia_Airways_Flight_235

[dljordan]

“Does this mean they lost engine power and were trying to glide in? Asking the FR pilots.”

The props feathered so they had no thrust.

[Yo-Yo]

Does this mean they lost engine power and were trying to glide in? Asking the FR pilots.

That seems to be the implication in this article, based on finding both engine propellers in the feathered position.

Usually when you lose both engines its due to a common problem between the two engines, and number one is lack of fuel.

Could have also been a "Sully" moment with a bird strike into a flock that caused both engines to ingest birds and flame out, but with turboprops its much more difficult to kill an engine with a bird strike because of the giant Ginsu Knives protecting the turbine engine air intake.

[Red Badger]

Sounds more like a panic when the pilot discovered they were in a stall................