Quick post here as pax who was on the KLM Washington-Amsterdam A330 that lost use of one engine a couple of hours out of Dulles and had to land in Bangor, Maine, last Monday. First time it's ever happened to me. As pax, once you know that's happened, you want to be on the ground. Now. Being told that you can carry on perfectly well on 1 engine, is no comfort at all when you don't know why number 1 has conked out. So whatever decision gets you down fastest (er, other than directly vertical downwards.....
is the right one just then.