A330-300 S/E G/A Goose Bay
A couple of weeks ago a Delta A330 en-route to Amsterdam experienced "engine performance issues" in one engine whilst over the Atlantic NE of Goose Bay. Whilst it was diverting to Detroit, however, the issues worsened and the crew decided to land at Goose Bay. After having been cleared to land and on short final at around 1200' the problematic engine failed and a go-around was flown to a landing on the reciprocal runway. My question: at such a late stage of the approach, would it not have been safer to land instead of flying a single engined go-around at an unfamiliar airport with all that entails? Surely the crew must have discussed the possibility of the suspect engine failing and they would have performed any necessary S/E approach and landing calculations beforehand?