Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   Question for McGill Date:   9/30/2017 10:11:05 PM

i saw that an A 380 had a catastrophic engine failure...disintegration might be another term.  Fortunately it's emergency return to Mother Earth was successful.

What protocol does a pilot use when losing thrust on one side of the aircraft...with the A 380 there was one functioning engine on the side with the failure so I would imagine increased throttle on the good one on that side and somewhat retarded throttle on the side with two good engines would help, along with rudder as needed.  But almost all of the commercial aircraft in the US have just two engines, not four, so loss of one is probably harder to deal with.

So what corrective measures does a pilot take when experiencing the loss of one of two engines.  "Enquiring minds want to know", lol.  Obviously rudder helps, but are there other options that would increase drag on the side with the good engine that would fool the aircraft into thinking that its thrust was coming from its center rather than the side still able to maintain thrust?