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I wonder if it was just a matter of getting permission to fly that route over China / East China Sea.
by manav 10y ago
I wonder if it was just a matter of getting permission to fly that route over China / East China Sea.
- jdhawk 10y agoThat, and ETOPS planning.
- kylehotchkiss 10y agoYeah, much of the assumptions here seem to not account for ETOPS rules
- CPLX 10y agoIn the context of ETOPS180 there isn't much of the northern hemisphere that's off limits to you.
- greghendershott 10y agoYou can try various ETOPS (Engines Turn On or Passengers Swim) times on the Great Circle Mapper: http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=DEL-SFO&MS=wls&DU=mi&E=90 http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=DEL-SFO&MS=wls&DU=mi&E=90
- _vn5r 10y agoETOPS stands for Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards
- will_hughes 10y agoYes, but the definition that greghendershott gives is the more amusing version, and seems to be pretty common amongst the Aviation crowd.
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- brc 10y agoEngines turn or passengers swim. You have an extra word in there.
- hh2222 10y agoYes, "Air India made the change after receiving approval from India’s Director General of Civil Aviation to operate on the NOPAC and PACOTS tracks that cross the Pacific Ocean."