[DCBryan1]

Developing....

Prayers up!

[mewzilla]

One engine out on a 747 isn’t a big deal, is it? Hopefully :)

[Crazieman]

1 engine out on a 747 is hardly a cause for prayers.

[xzins]

Lord Jesus, we pray you hold that plane safely in the power of Your care. Amen.

[pabianice]

That’s why it has three others.

[patton]

Oh, NO! The dreaded 3-engine landing!

[ICE-FLYER]

Take a deep breath folks. While the media loves to bump up the music and blare the sirens the fact is that the 747 and many like it can fly with two engines out.

They’ll be fine. It is simply standard procedure that an emergency MUST be declared and the equipment MUST be rolled out.

[JRios1968]

The dreaded 3-engine approach...

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

OH Please.... these things were designed to fly if an engine snuffed.... there is no need to panic.... unless you like to be in a panic for no reason.

[ansel12]

My commercial flight lost an engine over the Atlantic once during the mid 80s.

Not knowing anything about aircraft I never knew if losing one engine was a big deal or not.

I’m looking forward to seeing what you aviation buffs say about it.

[Malsua]

Man, it’d suck to be on that plane, but 1 out on a 747 isn’t a dire emergency. Probably just Yawing a bit. Likely very experienced pilots as well. Lets hope it ends well.

[Abathar]

The only thing you have to worry about was if it was the fuel that caused the engine to go out, other than that the passengers won't even know there is a problem, just the inconvenience of having to turn around.

[ALPAPilot]

It shouldn’t be a big deal. It’s just a lot of fuel; about 220,000 lbs of jet fuel. That was the airplane I was suppose to fly home tommorow from Beijing. . . . I guess I’m just waiting for the crew desk to call . . . . at least we have internet here.

[doorgunner69]

What is the big deal? Some British airline pilot recently decided to continue on to Britain on 3 engines from the USA. Lot of whooping over that, but the procedure was apparently OK.

[posterchild]

Not a big deal other than for MSM TV drama. Was on a 2 engine A320 when 1 engine went out. Plane landed just fine other than the brakes being burnt out as they couldn’t reverse the engines upon landing.

[TMSuchman]

When I was with the MCAS Yuma. We always had the dreaded C-130 one engine out call. There was always the hurry up & wait factor for nothing to happen! this kind of thing happens with multi. engined aircraft!

[garyhope]

Big deal. I’ve landed twice on 3 out of 4 engines and once with no gear down. That one was a little scary (I was a child), flames everywhere.

I walked (and ran) away from all 3 so I guess it was OK.

Another favorite is descending through the fog and all of a sudden, whoosh! NO FOG, but TREES!! Close trees! Like reach out and touch them trees.

[Not A Snowbird]

That’s why they’ve got multiple engines on those things. Shouldn’t be a problem.

[LIConFem]

Since it appears that all will turn out well here, I'll post a relevant joke...

Upon losing an engine, the pilot of a 747 on a trans-Atlantic flight addresses the passengers on the PA:

Ladies and gentlemen, we've just lost our number-4 engine. This aircraft will have no problems making it to our desitination on 3 engines, but it will take us an extra hour or so.

Sighs and nervous laughter fill the cabin for a few minutes, then all returns to normal.

Twenty minutes later, a second engine flames out...

Attention passengers: we've now lost our number-1 engine, but again, this aircraft is designed to fly with only two. We will, however, be about 3 hours late in getting to our destination.

More sighs and nervous laughter, and another 20 minutes go by before a third engine craps out.

Um... Ladies and gentlemen, (...bla, bla, bla...) about 4 hours late to our destination.

Passengers are now getting nervous, and some, angry. Another 10 minutes pass...

Ladies and gentlement, we've just lost our 4^th and final engine!

An elderly woman sitting in First class stands up, shakes her fist in the air and says, "Damnit!! Now we'll be up here all day!!"

;o)