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22nd Apr 2011, 08:02

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felixthecat

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Single suitable ETOPS alternate

My understanding of when a single suitable airport is covering the ETOPS segment is that the diversion is planned to the suitable airport from entering ETOPs until the flight is back within the 60 mins area of the adequate airport.

Does this mean that there is no ETP point and that in effect the critical fuel would be based upon the exit point of the ETOPS sector since until that point the planning is to divert back to the suitable airport?

Thanks all

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