torsdag 29. mai 2014

B787 - ETOPS


ETOPS: Extended-range Twin-engine Operational Performance Standards
 
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner will be allowed to fly as far as 5½ hours from an airport, instead of the previous three hours, giving airlines more options for long routes across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans and the two poles.
By Alan Levin
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner will be allowed to fly farther from the nearest airport on some long overwater trips after U.S. regulators concluded that the once-troubled plane has proved its reliability.

The action is a vote of confidence for the world's first jetliner built chiefly of composite plastics, a plane that was grounded last year to fix battery meltdowns on two Japanese airlines and whose delays during development meant that its 2011 debut ran more than three years late.

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