I heard of another situation recently where a crew had an inflight shutdown......after talking with ops control they were persuaded to overfly a perfectly acceptable airport and return to home base, which was much more convenient for everyone involved......except the pilots who are most likely going to be fired. Granted this is still at the rumor level but sounds about right.
Common to do ferry flights on all 4 engine and 3 engine ac like MD11 and Tristar. Have never heard of of a twin ever doing this.....all though in theory if runway was 8km long it is possible but would never be approved by Faa / Easa