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Old 12th January 2011 | 21:03
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411A
 
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... or did you mean an airport?
Yes, suitable overwater diversion airport.
This restriction was so that the airplane would have adequate electrical and pneumatic sources available in the event of a double engine failed situation...IE: same electrical/pneumatic redundancy as a four engine type, where an APU would not be approved for airbourne use (ala---B747).
The L1011 APU can be used (and is fully approved) , for both electrical and pneumatic sources, up to FL 310.

So, four engine redundancy, with a three engine airplane, with regard to electrics/pneumatics.

One should also remember...no L1011 has ever crashed due to an aircraft/engine design defect...quite unlike the B747 or the DC10.

Lockheed TriStar, simply a superior design...make no mistake.
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