Rather than be antaganistic towards journalists, perhaps we should be helping them, so that we don't get a repeat of the misinfirmation in todays papers. I can't speak for Capt PPRuNe, but I welcome them so long as they declare their interest and don't pretend to be something else.
For your information, when pilots talk about 'losing an engine' they mean that the engine has failed, not that it has dropped off. The later would be described as engine separation. If an engine separated from the airframe, it also takes with it the hydraulics and pneumatics which can cause serious problems with aircraft control particularly on take-off when the flaps might still be extended.
(Edited to remove my own theory which was pure speculation)
Airclues
[ 13 November 2001: Message edited by: Captain Airclues ]