Can't resist THIS one..
For all the "ivory tower" 744 commanders out there who think what happened was quite OK, read this (copied from previous article), and read it SLOWLY and CAREFULLY.
"One former pilot questions the decision to proceed with an ailing airplane. "Continuing on after an engine failure on takeoff is nuts," says Barry Schiff, a retired 747 captain with Trans World Airlines who has written books on proper flying procedures and has received a congressional commendation for his work in aviation safety."
And if you don't know who Barry Schiff is, and the calibre man THAT guy is, then you may as well get back onto 152s then...