Originally Posted by dogcanyon
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.
That's pilot error, not the fault of the aircraft. If twin engine planes were inherently less safe than quads and tris, no one would be flying them. But I digress.