JET Off Airport landing

I can only think of a few reasons for a double flameout in a turbine powered a/c with its part 25 certification of redundancy in everything ...... could it be? Nah, not possible.
 
They were doing some ice testing. The plane was probably covered in ice. I have seen pics of that plane with loads of ice on it. Not sure if a lot of ice could cause a flameout.
 
Ive heard that too Jeff; the story (I will make it clear this is still unconfirmed rumor) said they were looking for good areas to do icing certification testing for a helicopter, so they were obviously scouting around, in ice. The (unsubstantiated) story said that they experienced inlet icing and probably put the eng anti-ice on while they were coated. Enough of that can stop both engines. The system I am familiar with is not meant as a de-ice; its preventive only,. Suddenly heating 50lbs of ice at the engine inlet on both sides all at once will make a lot of the 'bad noise', then you go down.
But we await the final truth to arrive; this is only an exercise of the mind for me.
 
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