No! I meant circling to land, not bringing it straight back down (surely even the longest runway would not be long enough). Sorry if this was not made clear
It depends. At Manchester I have been on duty when a Dash8 lost an engine just after rotation. The circuit [and approach] was cleared, and he did a wide circuit, and landed about 5-6 mins later. A A320 rotated, lost an engine, and was on the ground, again in 5 mins or so, The TOM a/c went and sorted the a/c , probs because of weight.
PS If it fails before V2, is that still really not a problem?
V1 is the Stop/Go speed. That is the Maximum speed that the a/c can
safely stop on the runway. Above the figure the pilot is commited to fly.
BTW As an ATCer, I stand to be corrected,
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