JoeMercer'sWay said:
Gelsons Dad said:
Must be fun at Manchester today. Last night a Thomson 787 lost an engine on route from the Dominican Rep and diverted to the Azores. Recovery aircraft sent today to get the passengers.
was on one of those only last week! surely they can fly on one engine?
Should be able too, but if they were well west in the Atlantic and the Azores was an option, then it makes sense to land, there's a lot of sea between there and the next land.
Also I presume "lost" meant it had to be shut down, rather than "lost" meaning it dropped off.