[COEXERJ145]

The engines on the Airbus A340 are not as powerful. I'd bet if one one of them failed, the plane would immediately fall out of the sky.

Depends on which model of the A340 you're talking about. The newer A340-500 and A340-600 use the Rolls Royce Trent 500 series each with 53,000lbs and 56,000lbs of thrust respectively. The A340-300 uses an uprated CFM-56 engine which is the same series as used on the 737 and some A320's. The A340-300 is the version that is seriously underpowered.

[wk4bush2004]

I think airlines should buy the 777 over the A340. The 777 is much better.