Small Planes Over Big Oceans (ETOPS Explained)
What it is
A short Wendover Productions explainer on ETOPS, the rules that let twin-engine jets fly long routes over oceans. It covers the economics that favored twinjets like the 787 over four-engine aircraft like the A380 and 747.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it whenever threads touch twin-engine ocean flights, diversions, or why the 747 and A380 are being retired.
- 4 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 2 strong recommendations
- first 2017, last 2020
What HN commenters said
“did a fanatastic video about this, really recommend it”
Economics of airlines and why twinjets win.
filereaper, 2017-10 · Strong recommendation · in “As the 747 Begins Its Final Approach, a Pilot Takes a Flight Down Memory Lane”
“from my new favorite YouTube channel, Wendover Productions”
Why the 747 and A380 are being phased out.
crikli, 2018-01 · Strong recommendation · in “A personal ode to the Boeing 747”
“affected the financial bets that Boeing made on 787 (point-to-point) vs Airbus with the A380 (hub-and-spoke)”
Short explainer on ETOPS twinjet ocean flights.
jasode, 2017-10 · Recommendation · in “Air France A380 over Greenland on Sep 30th: Fan and engine inlet separated”
“of course there is a Wendover video on this topic, and indeed covering this specific incident!”
ETOPS explainer covering the diversion incident.
CaliforniaKarl, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “Getting a 787 back in the air after a diversion”
Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.
Topics: etops, twinjets, boeing 787, airbus a380, airline economics
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