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Old September 23rd 03, 07:49 AM
John R Weiss
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Laurence Doering writes:

Modern airliners are required to have very good single engine
capability to operate on oceanic routes. Do a google search
for ETOPS


Actually, they are required to have 'one-engine-out' performance. Three-engine
aircraft must do it on 2 good engines, and 4-engine aircraft must do it on 3
good engines. ETOPS is only applicable to 2-engine airplanes.