Originally Posted by
Dropp the Pilot
Ya think? I'll disagree. Landing after 35 minutes might get you a "perfect", but after 4 hours of shilly shally not so much. Engine failure on a two engine airplane? Land. There are no reasons for delay. Here endeth the lesson.
I'm thinking they might have been reluctant to perform an overweight landing when they knew they already had a damaged undercarriage...
Anyone know if the engine was shutdown, or just run at lower power/idle? That's some pretty nasty fan blade damage.