Originally Posted by
SeenItAll
What should have been the appropriate procedure here? While I know this was not an ETOPS flight, if an engine shuts down during flight -- even if it relights, isn't it appropriate to land at the nearest suitable airport -- especially if the reason for the shutdown is not absolutely known with certainty by the crew. It will be interesting to learn what their thinking was in deciding to continue on to BRU.
As long as they thought about it, I have no complaints