Exactly. 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.
This proves that Boeing's products are superior in quality.
10-4. The flight was not jeapordized in any way by flying on three engines - it could have continued with two, for that matter. The FAA picks its fights poorly, IMO.
I don't know about it falling out of the sky, but as I recall from reading, if a four engine Airbus loses an engine, it drops the opposite number on the other wing back to idle "in the interests of preserving control" (and, I suspect, because the computer doesn't really know what to do with asymmetric thrust). As we all know, Airbus does not allow the pilot to override the computer in any way. Put these two together, and wonder what happens when you lose an engine on takeoff.
I'd rather fly a Boeing, thanks....
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.