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Incident: United B772 over Pacific on Jul 23rd 2015, engine shut down in flight
Reader Comments: ETOPS alternate By Eric on Tuesday, Jul 28th 2015 14:04Z ETOPS alternates are designed to meet the FAA requirements. As long as the wx is good at your ETOPS alternate prior to ETP, turn back and proceed direct as long as that ETOPS alternate is still "nearest" and still "suitable". WX gone down since departure at the ETOPS alt? Try the next nearest in the FMC. The alternate page in the FMC tracks the nearest airports and if your planned ETOPS alt is no longer suitable, try the next one on the nearest list in the FMC. Go down the list until you fine the closest, suitable one. Getting on the ground safely is priority #1, all other considerations are secondary and will be scrutinized. As long as the runway and wx are suitable, that's where you go. Hospitals, hotels, steak houses, maintenance facilities, etc. don't matter. Landing matters.
ETOPS limits By JohnC on Tuesday, Jul 28th 2015 05:11Z Air New Zealand have announced they will fly from Auckland to Santiago with B772's from December. What would be the correct procedure if they were to suffer an engine failure half way thru the flight? Can the B772 fly the rest of the way on one engine?
Kona vs HNL By Chris 777 on Friday, Jul 24th 2015 01:51Z If you are on the southern fixed tracks to Hawaii and experience engine failure you have a choice of Hilo, Maui or Kona. Hilo is further away than Maui, and Maui has a shorter runway. So single engine Flaps 20 landing favours KOA that squally has clearer weather, long runway and less traffic.
Engine failure requires diversion to nearest suitable airport-KOA fits the bill in all respects. I would have done the same. Whichever is faster By (anonymous) on Friday, Jul 24th 2015 01:51Z This is one of those situations that can get you into trouble. The FARs say that in an engine out, you must land at the earliest suitable airport unless you have a safety reason, then which you have to file a report with the FAA telling why within 10 days (FAR 121.565). FAA has held that maintenance or passenger convenience is not an acceptable safety reason. Messing this up has resulted in fines and license suspensions.
Kona vs. Honolulu? By Andy on Friday, Jul 24th 2015 01:33Z Does Hawaiian have more of a maintenance presence at Kona than HNL? Was the diversion because Kona was closer? Thanks.
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