"Depends on company policy. May not be PERMITTED to discuss such probs with pax without prior permission.
Also, pax may well be offloaded and in the terminal before FD have had their last call to Ops etc. After all, the FD wouldn't have known for sure what had happened to the engine until they'd been downstairs for a look."
I expect you're right, blue up. I was just thinking aloud which is always an unwise thing to do.
GQ.