Originally Posted by 14 6
About your one engine over continental Europe analogy.......yes, overflying a perfectly suitable airport with only one engine remaining is not wise, but should Europe be fogged in/snowed in/45 knot cross wind.
It happened, and there wasn't a fog/snow/crosswind problem! Look up the Smartwings 737 incident in August 2019! And no, the whole of Europe will not be out due to weather at the same time so that's a pretty daft statement!