FWIW: 5 years ago or so I was on a plane that lost[0] an engine in rough weather shortly after take off. The only reason I know is because the captain informed

FWIW: 5 years ago or so I was on a plane that lost[0] an engine in rough weather shortly after take off. The only reason I know is because the captain informed us about it and added that since it was technically an emergency landing we would be greeted by the fire department. He then turned the plane around and landed as if nothing had happened. The bloke across the corridor, an old pilot, complained about how there never happened anything remotely exiting on any of his flights ;-) [0]: to be as accurate as possible I think what he said was they'd lost oil pressure on one engine and decided to shut it down voluntarily.