Thanks for the input. Can I go back to my original question?
"Can anyone enlighten me on the current running failure rate of ETOPS aircraft?"
In view of the comments, I shall modify it to ask: Can anyone enlighten me on the current running engine shutdown rate of ETOPS aircraft?
I agree that this is a matter of statistics. It seems to me intuitively that 2 incidents in 3 weeks where an aeroplane lost 50% of its thrust on an Atlantic ETOPS aircraft is rather high.
And barit you are correct. The British Midland M1 accident was used as a case study on my command course in 1990.
Regards
Stoic