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Old 26th Jan 2009, 00:42
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Fly3
 
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I believe that the A340-500 operated by SIA on their ultra-longhaul routes over the pole are kinda ETOPS limited to 4 hours from a diversion airfield but it has nothing to do with the engines as they have four. It is a limit imposed by the cargo fire suppression which only lasts for 240 minutes.
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