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Old Nov 8, 2004 | 10:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I believe that UA used to service AKL-LAX with a 777. However, they needed to "bend" to the west to stay within ETOPS distance of HNL, just in case of a problem. I believe they had a 210 or 218 minute ETOPS approval. And of course, soemthing did happen at exactly the wrong time on one flight and they ended up diverting to HNL at almost 210/218 minutes on 1 engine.
I went to Boeing web site and only the ER and LR model would do. DL does not have such a 777, do they? The web site is not clear.
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