Vertical take-off and landing aircraft and method for controlling vertical take-off and landing aircraft

This vertical take-off and landing aircraft (1) is provided with: a fuselage (2); a plurality of engines (3) that are installed on the fuselage and generate jet streams to produce thrust; an abnormality signal-acquiring unit for acquiring an abnormality signal that indicates the presence of a malfunctioning engine among the plurality of engines; and an engine control unit for outputting, on the basis of the abnormality signal, a stop signal for stopping a specific engine among the plurality of engines in operation.