An In Flight Shut Down (IFSD) event is defined (
by EASA and the FAA) as follows.
When an engine ceases to function in flight and is shutdown, whether self-induced, crew initiated or caused by some other external influence (
i.e. In Flight Shutdown / IFSD for all causes; for example: due to flameout, internal failure, crew-initiated shutoff, foreign object ingestion, icing, inability to obtain and / or control desired thrust).
In the event of an IFSD the Boeing QRH instruction is 'Plan to land at the nearest suitable airport'.
It would seem, in this instance, that they were stretching the definition of the words 'nearest' & 'suitable' just a tadge too far?!