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Old 1st December 2002 | 22:22
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maxalt
 
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Is Tango 9 an ETOPS route?

Any of you who use the airway T9 between BANBA and STG ever think about the case of engine failure at night on this route?

I was going along it myself the other day and got to thinking about alternates and distances/times in a OEI diversion.

My AOM says I'd have an (average weights) TAS of around 350kts with OEI. Parts of T9 appear to me to be in excess of the non- ETOPS requirement of 1 hour OEI range for twins.

Specifically the area seems marginal from south abeam Nantes until roughly abeam Bordeaux. Thats about 250nm distance!

Am I reading this wrong?
Any comments?
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