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Old Sep 7, 2015, 5:32 pm
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Originally Posted by jjglaze77
Anyone fly on AA31 (LAX-HNL) on 8/31? Apparently, it was accidentally flown with a non-ETOPS 321 and the return flight (AA162) had to be cancelled. Oops!
How does that happen accidentally?

Even the pilots should have caught that one if nobody else did. Like when they do their quick around-the-plane spot checks. And they notice the ETOPS marking is not there on the forward landing gear.
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