You would be surprised at just how safe and 'normal' shutting off the engines on a plane is. Related, British Airways Flight 268, a B-747, when taking off from

You would be surprised at just how safe and 'normal' shutting off the engines on a plane is. Related, British Airways Flight 268, a B-747, when taking off from LAX had a problem with one of it's engines so they shut it off, and continued flying all the way to London, albeit to Manchester instead of Heathrow, with one less engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_268 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_268