[NorthMountain]

We used to joke that the purpose of the second engine was to get you to the scene of the crash faster after the first engine failed.

Those days are pretty much in the past; modern airliners can sustain flight ... even take off ... on one engine.

[copaliscrossing]

We used to joke that the purpose of the second engine was to get you to the scene of the crash faster after the first engine failed.

That reminds me of the Ron White routine while doing the "Blue Collar Comedy" tour.

When the pilot announced one of the engines had failed, he anxiously asked Ron White how far will the other engine take us. Ron answered "all the way to the site of the crash... 'cause that's where we are headed. I bet we beat the paramedics there by a half hour". ROTFLMAO!!!!

[TexasGator]

“We used to joke that the purpose of the second engine was to get you to the scene of the crash faster after the first engine failed.”

Never heard that but the old twin prop planes were hard to handle with an engine failure on take off.

Made worse due to lack of pilot training on that scenario.