jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
Post 9-11 our ops manuals said that we came out only for physiological. That was the forward lav. Tour the cabin? Why? The FA told him there was a hole in the engine nacelle. His instruments would have indicated a problem.. but then..
Back when the mighty tri-motor (727) was queen of the fleet, I think it was American that tossed either number 1 or 3 while enroute. The engine was normally visible via the aft rows. When it seized, as designed, the engine tore off the mounts. The FA went to the cockpit and told the crew "We have lost an engine!" The crew said, "We know" meaning the instruments had shown a failure, not a separation. They had done the engine failure checklist. It took a while for the FA to convince the crew the engine was no longer attached to the airplane.
Personally.. I would have stayed in the seat, asked the FA to check and report back if there were changes. Contact the company and advise of the problem and the wait to see if the engine required shutdown.
...your mileage may differ.
In my plane, I HAD to tour the cabin to use the lav as it was in the back, so the concept is not that strange for me.