Comment by jacquesm
3 months ago
Yes, agreed, the secondary safety wasn't there either. There was a Boeing accident near Amsterdam with the plane crashing into an inhabited area, it had dropped two engines but kept flying, at least for a while...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Al_Flight_1862
Pictures of that accident are not for the faint of heart so think twice before clicking.
A 747 with 2 engines out that's already got some altitude and speed is much more "survivable" (still extraordinarily difficult) than a trijet trying to take off on 1 engine, which is impossible.
Planes can safely land with 0 engines, though this is obviously "not ideal." See: Gimli Glider.
(Mostly putting that out there for others.)