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Old Jun 18, 2023 | 10:47 pm
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Originally Posted by jrl767
the mechanical itself wasn’t the problem; ETOPS is all about reliability and redundancy

they weren’t yet in ETOPS conditions over PHX, so after the failure they weren’t legal to begin that flight regime … had it occurred an hour or so later over the ocean, they would have *probably* been able to continue to HNL

paging @LarryJ or @GagaPilot or someone who can speak to the actual language in the FAR or airline ops spec
i’m not sure if it’s related or even accurate but somewhere near the diversion point there looks like a massive speed reduction occurs, almost down to 210 kn and it’s temporary.
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