Read Page 7 / Also page 8 19 feb '08 #151
From 19 Feb, '08 Posts #126 and #127. See if I got close. I didn't accept the "in spec." from the beginning, so far as it eliminated the Fuel as a cause here. Always be sceptical of reports, or conclusions from any source.
Then there was that off type 777 at LAX with its rollback. Fifty feet of ice making Fuel Line is too much. Interesting read, the "Beginning". The military have been flying at 50,000 feet for fifty years, and higher, this "new" behaviour of systems, Fuel, and Ice is sounding like a red herring.
A simple consideration of the simplest causes leaves, Chinese Fuel, and/or the way the 777Trent reacts as built and engineered to conditions extant for all the history of flight; and oh yes, to Chinese Fuel.
The Lear, a Twin, is certified to 51,000 feet. They fly to China. They also have Fuel line architecture much smaller in cross-section than the 777.
Can we scale back the handwringing regarding the state of ETOPS as impacted by "mysterious new forces?" Thanks in advance.
AF
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