Originally posted by Zaphod58
Originally posted by downtown436
I was looking at Plattsburg intl airport, and noticed a 747 with an engine missing sitting on the tarmac.
Did it fall off in flight?
There's another one missing all four engines. If the engine on the one you noticed fell off in flight it would have been all over. Most likely it
was just an engine removed for a much more mundane reason.
While it was of course most likely removed for Maintainance, if a 747 loses an engine in flight, its not all over. It will be able to keep flying,
that is part of its certification process.
Even a 2 engine airliner losing an engine after rotation should be able to make it up in the air and back around for a landing