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7/25/2019 ETOPS Article Athar Ansari

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By Arhor H.

Ansqr i

M o n o g e r

Deve lopmenf

E n g i n e e r i n g

\ t ' i rh

rh.

inducLion

c,f .{ i ,

b.rs

A-300

ir.r.r fr ,

rerms

E't

()t)s

EROPS

rc

bcing

connrr,nh

uscd

n

l)11.

ThcrIore

ir

r s

considercd eccssaq o

for\1.ard

his

briefon

rhe

subJc.t

hrouSh

.Air

SaJi

r. ,

so

rhar

al l individuats

caJr

cr

acquarrred

i h

rhephj los(,

Pnf

and

rqurrcmcnLs

1

lToP/EROPS

pc.uti"n

I

h e s e

c q u i r e m e n r r : r .

[plk,blc;

h^, ln

nel=n.

a,ic',rr-GLt'iiFtli"

Fr

pass-e

B;;FG;t

Fr,i

mB aSroir GIAIi-wcl eEi

i-6oie

jfElf

oocrrre,r

r

stcT

-

plancs

l)e|clciprrenr

01

m.,dern

rurbo

tan

enginc

hl j

h.^{c\

er

made

ir

p9 i :1919

cxrnd

rhe range of r l in

cnSrncd

acroptanes

o al low

so;6fd,fiIoTirrcar

r l i s r a n c e s :

r e n r e

l r e

c o n c c p r

6r

EToPs/ERops

,,ne,rrr"

l ' l OP

cerlif icarion

s

allowed

bv

manufacrurer

equlatory

body

or a

specfic

airframe/

engine

ombinadon,

nd

t i .

the

manufacturcr 's

esDonsi-

bil ir l ' ro

ensure har$; ai,-

craft

ha:

bcen

designed

o

nlcet

he

egularions.

FAL

Adrisog

circutar

No.

.{C.120

12,{

dated

CA{ (Brjrain)

C{p

513.

DGAC

Compleme

r2rt

condidon

CTC 2

(Fran(e

).

DOT

Tcchnical

ublica-

t ion

TP

6327

Canada).

AC.{A

{ir

Na\igadon

oroers

Austrajja).

ICAOAnnexurc

6.

lnitial

FAA

Ad\isory

circular

vo.

AGi2042

was

ssLred

ntqlLlllg

I985

which

aid

down

the

regularor'

require-

ments

or

ETOPS/

EROPS.

t\nK

e )

Bockgrovnd

Regulolory

Coveroge

Ai r . r r i r

man r J ,

. r . . r .

h . , . , .

f o r

ETOPS

unur

ecenrlv.

ound

ir nec.s-

t,Iops

crtif icarion

equire_

sary

o

use

hree

or

mol.c

menb

are

dichted

bl

the

engines

or

long

angc

a.,r1;

following:

SAND

36

'?

g


2/4

b)

FAR

121

161

as issued

in 1996

and

al lowed

a;rcraft

oPcraLron

on

routes

wherc

n(ermcdt-

ate

aitfields

\ cre

a\'arl

ablal 100miles di i -

c)

ln

i987

deviadon

ro'n

FAR

2l

J6t

uas granc

ed

to conduct

75 min'

ulcs

ETOPS

on Nortb

Atlant ic

roure

for

air-

crstt

firrcd

rith engine

of known

maruriq'

d)

CdA

L;]i

also

allosed

60

minutcs

ma-\

diversion

fo. n\ ' t \ \ ln cngrnc

aeroplanes

it ted

wiLh

new

cngincs

hich ha\t

not

achic\cd

opcratronal

maiuri t \ .

e)

IC\O'5

PLrbl ishcd

c. '

orl rmendaoons

rf

I950s

PcrmiLs

l0nl i

L'r .s

(t \ f .)

e n q r n c

P r ' t r d l

1 i \ r s ' ( ) n

dm

a(ccP 2t) lc

.)r

al1

aircraft.

Prerequisites

For

ETOPS

a)

AircraIt , /cngrnc.omln-

nation:rPProlal

b\

air

plane

nlanuf?cturrt

s

r e g u l a t o l , \

u l h o r i l )

i s

mandaroD.

-his

s

al

lo$ed

for

a sPec;l lc

ai t framc

enginc

combr

nation

(A310

+

(lF

6 SoC

or

A3l0 + i ' j \1r 000 tc

)

b) Air l ine's

enginc

IFSD

rale nus(

not t tc

$f isc

than {orld

fl

cct avcrtrgc.

c) CMP mandarory

{(xis

accompl;shnrcnr

A;t-

craft ,

Lnpncs

&

APU),

must

bc

.( 'nPl id

wi(h

d) I{EL

for

f. fOPS

: MEI-

should

. l lc. l

adequar

levels

o{

Prrmary

s}5tcn15

rcdundanq

to

suPPort

(ETOPS)

aPProveo

di lers;on

ime

l imitr '

Fd{ rc(0.rmcnds

l nat

oPcraro.

' l tL

should

be

more

rcsLricLive

han

\{\{EL

c.rnsidcrtng

ne

kind

of

r.R

oPerarton

In

his

area

e) Eraluat ic,,r f AirPorts

suitable

or

ETOPS

-

A

l ist

should

be

avai lzble

on board:n

ETdP

flight.

ferminologY

IJsed

a)

-EIOPS, \ tendd

tangc

rrr ' i rr

,P.

erions,

arc

thosc

l iqlrLs

'\cr

a r{ 'ulc

r h a tc o r r . j n

a

Po jn t

farth.r rh3rronc hour

f l \ ing

drrc

ar

the

aP'

p r o r c d . n e

e t g r n e

rn

oPr]t i \ f

sPccd

(undcr

stand.ird

c,ndir ions

n

sul l

air) i ronl

an

adc-

qu.rte

air

lor

t .

b)

EROPST)trcnded

rangc

operrt ions,

also

e{erred

1i:)

"s

l-R Srmc

defini

Lion s trLo\ '

ct

Adzgu'k

AirPotl:

Ln

airporr

ccr

i6ed

as

en

FAR

Parr

139

airPort

or

is ound

lo

bc

equivalent

ro FAR

Part

139

saf(rtY

rcqLrir

I l lcnts

C'{A ETOPS

ConfiSura-

don

Maintenance

&

Procedures

or Cus(omcr

\ ' laintcnance

Program.

lr is

an Airbus

nduslr ic

document

that

contains

rninimum

rcquircments

including

anY

sPec'ar

inspccdon,

hardware

l i fe,

imit-s,

MEL

con-

srarn6

and malnte-

In Fliglt

Sudotor

(rSD)i

when an

cn8lnc

ceascs

o fr.rnction

in

n;ght

and is

shurdown

for anycause. t is the

most

cri t ical

lem

qlth

respcct

o ETOPS

Appro|ed

D;r6im

T;ne:

\{ax

rime n

minules

o

rcach

an enroute

aher

rrrreactcqua(c

irf i . ld

2t

\

,r

gl {

n-qi e

i noPcra

1 i \ c

r u i s c

p e c d

n

s l i i l

air . Foi lo\ ing

Prorrs,orrs

of di tersionumc arc

i \ r i l rbl.

i) 60 ittrtute:

Dn,er

r ion:

' .ormal lr 'al '

lor.cd

c.

not

cons_

dered cxtended

range.

\i) 75 :t'tinutes

irer

r;rn:

A spccial

ase

b) case Pcrabonal

:pprorel

t lhich

crn

bc

Itanlcd

sirh

' l i m ; t c d

e \ a l u a L o n

l

scnicc

exPcricn


3/4

lii)

90

I'Iinutes

Dirtr'

r i r t i

90

min'rre5

di\ersion

Lim

s

allo$ed b) ICAO

Arncxure

6

ir)

120

linut.

Diucr

rirar

It can

be

aP

plied

for

aftcr

I2

consccul l \re

ol l rns

ofoPeradonai

nscr-

r ice

exPerience

under

75

minuLcs

diverson

Prousron

\") I80

411tut^

iv.r '

r lonr

t

can be aF

pIed

for.

aIler

gain

i n g 1 2

c o n s e c u u r e

monrhs

of

oPerat jon

al

inscnice

trxPeri-

ence

of

conducting

120

minuLes

xtcnd'

ed rangc

oPerzri()n

g)

Dn'6;al

AirPofli:

ETOPS

d'rcrs'otr

3'r-

porrs

arc

Predcsignatea

and must

bc

l isted

n

c o c t p i r

d o c u n c n t a r i o n ,

in

accordancc

Li h

FA{

ad\iso4

crrcular.

h)

ETOP

&gna,t j

PoI

ion

o fan ETOP

0 i g h r

$ h c n

lhe

aroPl3ne

s i)

ng

under

di\ 'ersion

rme

threshold

beoleen

${o

NO1.E

For

Klt l

ISB

I, iK

ETOP

v:gmcnt

ri l l

bc lSRl 'EK

onl l ' .

critical

s)/stems

Re-

dundoncy

For

Ef

OPS

Operotion

Under thc

IITOPS

opc:

at ing

phi losophyprimary

a;rclaf

s)srcms re consideled

o bc

rhose )stcrr ls\ 'hichhavea

fundam.ntal

inf l

ucnce

on

fl jght

saIry

')d

could

ad-

verselj

bc

ajfcr

ted

b)

the

shr:tdown ofan cngne'

Therefore

sPcifi

desiSn

features

3re

nccessary

o

retain

maximum

Possible

rcdundanc1

and

segregation

of powcr

gencrat ing

slstcms

in care

of

cngin

ai lure.

Fol lo\ ing

are

the E

rOPS

requircments

or

cri t ical

a)

'fo

retain ?t lcast

tl^'o

electr icalgencrators

at lcr

an enginc

fai lute

b)

To

rcnin

?t last

r\Lo

h\draul ics

sourccs

j tgr

an

cngjne

fai lure.

c)

l 'o

rct" in

cnough

air

blecd

P.,r lbrmanc

or

prtsrui

al ion,

rcc

Pro

tccrion.

a\ lonrcs

coorrng

ctc.,

after

an englnc

fai lure.

Monitorina

For

Contin'

ued Ai.'r;rthiness

lJn-

der

ETOPS

Perotion

Ur:l ike

othcr ccrr i f i

at ions

L'l'Ol'

is nor

tl

anrcd

for

c\'er

but;s

subjcct

o

a serere

continuing

a;n\ 'orthiness

process.

hcrcforc

regular

nron;toring

and

sunci l lance

arc esicnt;a1, ndcr fol lor ing

a )

E n g i n c

O i l ConsumP

rion

\{onitoring.

b)

Engine

SPccif ic

Concl i -

l i o n

\ t o n i l o r j n q

c)

I 'r ima4

Slstcm

Fai lut

cs

\Ionitot

Ing

d)

IFsD/Di lersions'En-

ginc Po\{er

Uncontrol la-

bi l i t )

Anarysis

e)

CIIP

\ ' laintenance

ran'

dardi

C.rmPl;ance.

f)

C\{P

Proccdures

SLan-

dardi

C.mPlian.e.

g)

C\{P

Prioriq

\{od;f ica-

t ion

C.omPliance

C\{P

.Lon-Priorit\

\t ods

S.hedul ing

and

\tonrhlY

Tra(t jng

of

\tods

Ac

complishment.

P;1ot

Reported

Defc.t5

Rel iew& Anal lsts

Carrling

foi\{ard

of

an

"ER" tem

on

a non

ETOP

fl ight.

,{PU

opcraring

hours

recording

n

laY

o\ 'er

ET{)PS

Senice

Check

Catd

CemPliance

j )

l )

m )

.4n E

I'OP

@nnt;ttee

anll'i'ng

aI

r.f, t:m at"

e\

It,n

Pt

\ dnd

A.4

uLlnia

ot

crall :TOl'S

Paf,mane

a:

rb&(,

o11.

"1

a

tun1h,

as a

f)at1

,1rclttinut

Troining

Require'

menrs/Certification

a) Al l Personnel nlohcd

in ETOPS

oPcrat ion

mus

be erPoscd

o

Extended

Rangc

Train-

ing

Program

b) ] \-ormal

{aintenance

l

raining

I 'rogram

should

ocus

c'n

he

special

narure

of

ETOPS.

3 8

NK


4/4

. )

MainrcnancPrsonnel

rngaged

in ETOPS

ccrLifi

cation in

addilion

ro conlPlerjon

f rain'

inq

proqram,

hi l l also

._-

r 9 .r l1e-3r3 slSr

ETOPS certfication

bv

the

competen

au$ori tY

,ro;;n,

r",rn

FAA

adljsoq

requires

that

operator

should

develop

a

parlJ

conlrol program

to

ensur

that

proper

part5

and

confi

Burat jon

ar maintained

for ETOPS.

Exlreme

care rsne.essaD

ro\\ 'ardshc

interchangcabi[ '

I t status

f A3l0 compo

ltlaster

datunent

for

aLl

Pail

nunber

relance n Airku A) ta

lUustnted 'ans

Catalrgu..

-1

ac.Tdance

--1Lhhc ns turtialu

af A;rbu

thtu\tne.

EfOP Documentqlion

a) Airbus

ndusul

EI'OPS

\ raintenancc

standardl

document Al lLA

3000

Rev.10.

b) ETOPS {anual

-To

be

delelopcd

b,"-.Pcrator

and

should

conlain

ETOPS

Route Opcrat ing

Pol ic1, lainrenance

Program

and othcr

requircmen$

describcd

by FAA

Advisory Circu

)ar. t is

a f l ight

opera-

; o n s d o c u m c n t .

c) I fan

aircraf i

s

released

under

N{EI-pertaining

to'ER'i tem

for

oPcrac

ing

a non

ETOP

fl ight '

the releas

s

(o

be re-

corded

on \taintenance

Log

slip,

as

RELEAS -D

OR C/F FOR NON 'ER'

FLIGHT'

This rcmark

$,i l lbe helplul for

moni-

roring

purPoses.

d)

Conl lSxrat ion

fainte-

nance

Procedures

(CNrP) ocumcnt

e) Log

bools

-

\\ith

Paru-

cular

equ;rement

of

APU operat inghours

recording

iom

cockPit

I

M.P.D.

and

MEL

con-

rains spccifi

c reference

for

ETOPS

indicated

bY

lettcrs

ER."

Existing

ETOP

Routes

OI

PIA

KHI -PEK-K ] - I I

KHI

KUI-

_

KHI

t''HI

SIx-

Kill

ISB P -K

_

ISB

tr'OIE

\lorc

routes

*rrh

t 20l 160

nlinules

iver-

sion

dme

are

Planned

for future.

Nice

o Know

- ^tan

ETOPS

ighh

shalt

r1nain uithin

LhehreshoA

distancz

f an

adequatz

tndaottu.

PIA

A300

84

is

a tin

a1gin2

n?dium

ranle non I:T)P

ainafL

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