[Robe]

As a former Naval Aviator.. I find single engine aircraft difficult to make the ship in an engine out situation.

[SZonian]

snicker...I hear ya, but it’s not unprecedented.

[Carbonsteel]

The F-18 the engines are clustered together. As a former helicopter pilot, an engine failure involving twins in clustered nacelles like seen in the F-18 often results in one engine taking out the other during a malfunction.

Looking at aircraft like the F-14 or even the the A-10 the engine nacelles are separate, by some distance, I always assumed this was done to protect one turbine from the other.

I guess my question is, does having a twin engine aircraft like the F-18 negate the advantage of have twin turbines by housing them so close together?