Originally Posted by
PastTense
Is this aircraft designed so that it can still fly adequately with just one engine operating?
Yep. It's an unbelievably reliable plane. It's basically a regional bush-plane. It's got tons of fail-safe automation, including automatic prop feathering, and guaranteed landing gear lowering in case of hydraulics failure, etc. It is very popular with small regional airlines in Siberia where paved runways are few and far in-between. It's very old and very few young pilots want to fly it, so most An-24 pilots are, for the lack of a better word, old and with tons of flight hours. Which can be both good and bad.
The information above may be incorrect. According to what I'm reading, it didn't overshoot the runway but rather veered off after landing. It may (or may not) indicate that the pilots simply forgot they have one engine inop and pulled both reverse levers. But that's nothing more than speculation until we have the IAC's report.