Spitoon
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What difference does ETOPS make?
Not really my area of knowledge but.....I guess it does tend to reduce the likelihood of there being a conveniently locate runway (or even flat piece of ground) nearby.
No clearly not your area, (nor presumably that of brace brace!) since ETOPS
REQUIRES a suitable diversion to be within a prescribed distance at all times. Thereby
INCREASING the likelihood!
Non ETOPS has no such restriction, and could fly much further away from 'a conveniently locate runway'
Why the number of engines on this a/c was even thought worthy of comment (330/340) is completely beyond me!