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ETOPS Briefing European Academy For Aviation Safety
ETOPS HIST RY
ET PS Briefing
Delhi - February 1999
ETOPS Briefing European Academy For Aviation SafetyHistory - 2
Definitions
What is the meaning of ETOPS?
Extended range with Twin engine aircraft OPerationS
What is the scope of ETOPS?
Operation of twin engine aircraft on routes that go further
than 1 hour from a diversion airfield
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Definitions
NBO
JIB
SLL
KHI
BOM
CMB
Non ETOPS flight
60’ circles
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Definitions
NBO
JIB
SLL
KHI
BOM
CMB
ETOPS flight
60’ circles
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ETOPS regulations are applicable to:
Overwater operations
Overland operations (desert areas...)
What is the meaning of EROPS?
Extended Range OPerationS
EROPS describes the applicability of ETOPS requirements
to any aircraft, regardless the number of engines
Definitions
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History
Extended range “operations“ started very early:
1909: first English Channel crossing (L. Bleriot)
1919: first North Atlantic Ocean crossing (J. Alcock & A. Brown)
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1927: first non-stop New York - Paris (C. Lindbergh)
first US Cost-Hawaï crossing (A.Hegenberger & L.Maitland)
first South Atlantic crossing (D. Costes & J. Le Brix)
• Extended range “operations“ started very early:
History
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1928: first Pacific Ocean crossing (C.K. Smith & C.T. Ulm)
1930: first non-stop Paris - New York (D. Costes & M. Bellonte)
• Extended range “operations“ started very early:
History
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“Extended range” commercial operations started in
the late 1930s:
1936: first trans-Pacific commercial flights
1939: first trans-Atlantic commercial flights
History
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These types of flights required large multi-
engined flying-boats:
poor engine reliability and performance could not allow
design of equally efficient twin engine aircraft
History
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Piston engine reliability
The following chart (1953 ICAO report) gives the probability of
failure for piston engines vs power at 1000 constant rpm:
the probability of failure increases as power is increased
1
2,03
3,36
4,97
6,84
8,94
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500engine horsepower
Fp x 10-4 FH
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Piston engine reliability (cont’d)
The 1953 ICAO report shows that for the same amount of installed
horsepower, the risk of an engine failure is greater on a 2 engine
design than on a 4 engine design:
design required hp4000 5000 6000 7000
Engine Fp on Twin
Engine Fp on Quad
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As reliable and reasonably light engines had limited
power:
design of long range aircraft (high weight) implied installation of
several engines (more than two)
twin engine aircraft had limited payload/range performance and
were only operated on short flights
History
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In 1953, further to a review of the piston engine
reliability, the FAA published the initial “60 minutes”
rule:
applicable to three (until 1964) and two engine aircraft
special approval for operations beyond 60 minutes
At the same time, ICAO issued its “90 minutes”
recommendations:
no airplane shall be operated beyond 90 min (all engines
operative) from a diversion airfield, except if the route can be
flown with two engines inoperative
common interpretation was that twin engine aircraft could be
operated on 90 minutes routes
History
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Until 1952, all commercial flights were operated with
piston engine powered airplanes:
1952: first commercial operation with jet airplane (DH Comet 1)
1958: first transatlantic commercial jet operation (DH Comet 4)
Since 1960, jet engine powered aircraft progressively
replaced piston engine powered aircraft:
on all long range routes
on most of regional routes
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Higher performance of jet engines allowed
operations of twins on 90 min routes (Caribbeans,
Africa, Bay of Bengal, North Atlantic, South China
Sea, ...)
History
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Jet engine reliability
More than 40 years of jet operations have shown that unlike
piston engines, jet engine failure probability is not affected by
the thrust or the size of the engine:
Therefore, the probability of an engine failure is now
higher on a quad-jet than on a twin-jet
0
0,01
0,02
0,03
JT8D V2500 RB211 CF6-80 PW4000
14-16K 22-25K 37-40K 48-50K 50-60K
IFSD rate(for 1000 FH)
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The introduction in the 1980s of twin aircraft (A310,
B767) powered with modern (fuel efficient) turbofan
engines made the old 60/90 minute rules inadequate:
1984: ICAO ETOPS study group amend Annex 6
1985: FAA publishes first ETOPS regulation to address 120 min
operations
1985: first ETOPS operation (SIA/A310 - TWA/B767)
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In 1988, the Authorities published rules for 180
minutes ETOPS based on the very good experience
with 120 minutes operations:
today, ETOPS operation is representing over 60% of North
Atlantic operations
Regulatory discussions are on-going to assess:
extension of the ETOPS limit beyond 180 minutes
increase of the non-ETOPS threshold above 60 minutes
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