The misinformation on this thread is epic. With few exceptions, twin engine airplanes can have an engine failure shortly after take off at or near sea level and if properly flown safely return for a landing. The ATR certainly can. It has plenty of power and features like auto feather and rudder boost. I’m a very active multi engine flight instructor. One of the common mistakes pilots make is to misidentify the failed engine and shut down the “good” engine. It’s happened before and it will happen again.
I suspect that when the Japanese Army Air Service built Matsuyama Airdrome in the 1930s that the field had open country around it. Now as Songshan it is in the middle of a large city.
One can speculate that maybe the crew might have had better luck if they were not dodging big buildings and urban infrastructure.
If it is not to much of an epic typing session: How does this miss identification occur, it baffles me.
Epic ignorance on this thread is right. Sheesh, some of these posts remind me of Shepherd Smith breathlessly telling his audience that the Air Asia A320 may have had “both engines stall,” after reading expert discussion of aerodynamic stall.
Simple explanation, flameout, too-quick hands below EO critical altitude, cycled the wrong engine off/on.