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Old Jul 19, 2009 | 2:39 am
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ETOPS nothing to do with water, but everything to do with getting to a diversion airport.

See this for more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diversion_airport

and for a history and technical details:
http://infao5501.ag5.mpi-sb.mpg.de:8...7160.xml&style
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