The news media blamed all the MD-80's parked at LGA on "Global Warming" when it was "lowest bidder" parts failing in recently overhauled motors that was really causing the problem.
Either the pilots screwed up, the plane was way overweight or the failure was more catastophic than a simple inflight shut down.
Delta killed a couple of passengers a few years ago when a turbine shed its blades while on the ground.