Originally Posted by
maxjet
Is it “nearest suitable airport” or “Nearest suitable airport in time” huge difference. I was flying Istanbul to Miami as I was one day and started to lose oil in number 3. Our plan was that once we were at ETP we would continue to destination. Prior to ETP our plan was to take it somewhere convenient for the company and us.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britis...ays_Flight_268 Most suitable airport for them was Heathrow due to aircraft handling issues, customs, and permits. before you write it ETOPS isn’t just for 2 engine aircraft.
Tool of the year goes to Captain Chavez who originally chastised this crew before knowing what has actually occurred.
Uh, what am I missing here? This has nothing to do with ETOPS. It was a B737-800 flying from Samos, Greece to Prague that lost an engine shortly into the flight but decided to press on to the destination despite the fact that there were plenty of suitable diversion airports well before the destination.