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By Capt Lim,
on 07-12-2007
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Published in : Flying, Airways |
Hello Capt Lim,
First of all, may I thank you for a wonderful website that educates people like me that are slightly fearful of flying.
I live in the UK and on Sunday I make my first trans Atlantic flight to the US (Raleigh-Durham airport.)
In view of the flying regulations that state airplanes should be within 2 hours of an airport in the event of an emergency, how could this be possible when flying over the Atlantic? What special considerations need to be given when making such a flight. I am flying on the American Airlines Boeing 777.
Philip Hayes.
Hi Phillip,
It is no big deal. There are many airports within 2 hours from any point on your route to the US. In fact, I have just flown across the Atlantic from New York on a Boeing 777. Don't worry. Read my topic on ETOPS.
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