"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Wouldn't it be SOP to declare an emergency prior to an approach with an
engine
out? That would pretty much eliminate any possibility of having to go
around. If
so, they would have declared an emergency wherever they decided to land.

On a twin with an engine out, or even a trijet, perhaps. On a 4-engined
aircraft which has just crossed the Atlantic on 3 engines on the basis of
having sufficient redundancy to do so safely, that would smack a little of
having your cake and eating it too, doesn't it? ;-)

Julian