SLF here -- a retired legal academic with some published research into criminal law aspects of flight safety and, I hope, enough understanding of the issues to ask a question which is not totally lacking in sense and relevance.
It appears to me that at one level of discourse this incident was only barely newsworthy because it was handled appropriately by a skilled crew which was trained for precisely such eventualities. It thus reflects the reason why flying by a scheduled carrier is safe.
However, it occurs to me to ask -- what would the situation have been had Ascension Island been unavailable for a diversion?
Of course, it hardly needs stating that if the other engine (ie, the one which was not the "main engine") had failed, then errrh.... well..... yes.....
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