intercontinental trijets such as the Lockheed L-1011 TriStar and McDonnell Douglas DC-10. By then, only twin-engine jets were restricted by the 60-minute rule. Trijets and quadjets dominated international long-haul flights until the late 1980s.

Early ETOPS

Airbus A300 twinjets, the first twin-engine wide-body aircraft, had been flying across the North Atlantic,

1.Previous
3.Next