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We've been flying twin engine planes over oceans for quite a while now. That's been a think since Boeing and Airbus introduced the 787 and the E350 using somet
by davewritescode 5y ago
We've been flying twin engine planes over oceans for quite a while now. That's been a think since Boeing and Airbus introduced the 787 and the E350 using something called an ETOPS certification. If anything, we'll probably be seeing a lot more twin engine flights over oceans in the future.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a11987/for-transoceanic-flights-are-two-engines-enough-16991135/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a11987/for-transocea...
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- acchow 5y agoLong before the 787, ETOPS allowed the 767 to cross the Atlantic in the 80s.
- mulmen 5y agoETOPS was created based on A300 experience in the late 1970s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS#Early_ETOPS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS#Early_ETOPS
- rmk 5y agoI believe ETOPS was developed to help make the 767 a viable twin-engine option for long flights over water (ETOPS-120). That subsequently led to ETOPS-180 etc. Now there's ETOPS-330! ETOPS-N: N number of minutes over open water, roughly, I think.