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The A340 was built before ETOPS was created to allow two-engine planes to fly over-ocean long-haul: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS https://en.wikipedia.
by throw0101b 2y ago
The A340 was built before ETOPS was created to allow two-engine planes to fly over-ocean long-haul:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS
Once two engines were found to be reliable enough (with sufficient contingency planning) then >2 engine planes (including three-engine like the MD-11) were not really needed.
- dsnr 2y ago> The A340 was built before ETOPS For those who don’t know, the acronym stands for Engines Turn or Passengers Swim.
- beeeeerp 2y agoSarcasm can be hard on the internet. It actually stands for: Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards and is a pretty logically laid out standard.