Originally Posted by WRCSolberg
Twin engine birds are every bit as safe as quads and tri-jets. No twin engined aircraft has ever crashed due to the failure of both engines EXCEPT in the few instances of fuel starvation, but that's irrelevant because the same outcome would happen to a tri or quad jet.
Maybe so, but I still feel more comfortable with 3 or 4 engines. Consider the British Midlands 737 accident of January 1989: There was a fire in the left engine and the pilot mistakenly shut down the right engine. Since this was a 2 engine bird, they were left with NO engines. 47 people died.