will & sooty
100+ on that...
wonder, whether that situation IS in fact causing some nailbiting, especially in regards to the ultra ETOPS qualification of the B777..??
not that a common denominator like water / ice contaminated fuel ( for whatever reasons, i.e bad supplier quality and/or bad draining routines, sometimes caused by that fact that during the short downtimes of long range flights you cannot possibly drain all condensation out etc etc) could not down a quad either, BUT the statistical probabilities for a twin to be affected on both motors would be considerably more severe..
so, anybody know?? were there any discussions to at least consider temp withdrawal of ETOPS qualifications????
dont get me wrong, still very impressed with the 777 in general, but that accident shook me up a bit...
and it may point to a far wider reaching problem, and that is fuel quality in general..and maybe insufficient means to get the water out of it..
and that again may not have much to do with the type of aircraft..
Last edited by falconer1; 16th Jul 2009 at 19:32.