On 16 May, her port engine flooded, but was put back into commission, temporarily.

At 11:48, the port engine was reported to be on fire.

Then I pressed the second button and the port engine started.

Looking out, Simpson saw that the port engine was on fire.

The previous day the port engine started smoking and was immediately shut down.

"The best I can do is lower the efficiency of the port engine," he said.

He took a chance and chopped the power off the port engine.

They were three hundred feet in the air when the port engine died.

The port engine failed and both crew were killed in the accident.

Because of the fire it was not possible to determine if the port engine had failed.