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Extending the Circles...
ETOPS 240 Threat

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petropavlovsk airport...

Shemya airport

Yakutsk

What's your next alternate airport?...
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Much more Than Losing an Engine Involved in Extended Range Twin-Engine Flights " Tha water looked so cold..." one captain confesses - Air Safety Week, Jul.5, 1999

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EPilots Reject ETOPS Extension...

"FAA should reject a proposal, expected to be issued in a week or two, to permit twin-engine aircraft to fly up to 207 minutes from a diversion airport, pilots from several airlines said yesterday at a news conference in Washington. The Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA) also called for FAA to get moving on updated flight and duty time rules and on requiring freighters to be equipped with Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems." Aviation Daily 4/15/99

 

But the threat remains !..

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IPA Comments on 207 minutes ETOPS!

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Last update : Jul.29, 1999


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