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Old Nov 2, 2006 | 10:07 pm
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Originally Posted by alanh
Anyway, I don't know of any all engines out failure on a twin that would have been helped by an extra engine or two. You don't get a failure of two. You get either one, or all regardless of the number. (However, there have been 747 engine failures where one engine took out the adjacent engine on the wing.)
It wasn't an "all engines out" failure on a twin, but would the Lauda Air thrust reversal deployment have been survivable by a four-engine aircraft?
Wikipedia entry on Lauda Air crash

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