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it is correct that twin engine a/c are more overpowered than 4-engine a/c. With 1 engine out at the critical moment during take off, an a/c must still be able to maintain a positive climb (I suppose even when at MTOW). For a 4 engine a/c however it does indeed mean that still 75% of the total engine...

What happened with the 'landing' Korean took much longer than the incident (accident ;) ) with the Turkisch. But... the landing of the A340 was definitely more scary. Today a turkisch B777 and the particular A340 departed from Rwy25R without any problems. The A340 took off without engine nr1, what I...

I saw it happen, I must say that our hearts stopt beating for a few seconds (I was not alone). It looked very scary and believe me, it was not normal. I guess the pilots were lucky and/or capable persons. The A340 was under control when it was at approximately half RWY 25L (abeam exit C3) and vacate...