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Test for the new Boeing 777-300 ER

New York, Usa - The aircraft flew for 5.30 hours with one engine only

The new Boeing 777-300ER has successfully passed one of the tests fixed for the ETOPS (Extended Operations) -program that allows airlines to use twin-engined aircraft on route where the nearest airport is over 60 minutes away - flying for 5.30 hours with one engine turned off. Frank Santoni, chief test pilot of 777 program, who made the 13 hours long test flight from Seattle to Taipei, turning one...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 55091
Rome, Italy, 11/13/2003 17:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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