The FAA once said it would never allow twin-engine Hawaii flights. Here’s how ETOPS-180 changed it all.
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The FAA once said it would never allow twin-engine Hawaii flights. Here’s how ETOPS-180 changed it all.
Aloha Gents, not sure how I got from jelly fish to ETOPS, but point of interest; some years back I was researching ETOPS and came across an FAA study of B767 transatlantic engine shutdowns, all makes, per 100,000 flight hours. I don’t recall the exact number, but it was so small that I was left with the distinct impression that “these engines just don’t fail”. They do fail, of course, but I would say, on a statistical basis, they fail rarely.
Mahalo
Hi Gerry.
Thanks for that.
Aloha.
I believe that the scheduled airline flights between Mauritius and Perth, Australia are not about 1000 miles longer over ocean than the Hawaii to California flights without any available alternate airport.