Glossary/E

MH370 Decoded: Glossary E

This index uses the Phonetic (spoken) Alphabet.

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey X-ray Yankee Zulu Numbers

EADS CASA

EADS-CASA

Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA), a Spanish aircraft manufacturer and an original member of the Airbus consortium, now part of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS)

ECL

Electronic Checklist

EDIU

Engine Data Interface Unit

EDP

EDPs

Engine Driven Pump

EEC

Electronic Engine Control

EFIS

Electronic Flight Instrument System

EHM

Engine Health Monitoring

EICAS

Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System

ELMS

Electrical Load Management System

ELT

Emergency Locator Transmitter

Emergency Phase

Emergency phase

emergency phase

A generic term meaning, as the case may be, uncertainty phase, alert phase or distress phase

EOC

Emergency Operations Center

EPR

Autothrottle Engine Pressure Ratio

ETA

Estimated time of Arrival

ETOPS

Extended Twin Engine Operations. ETOPS is an aviation rule that allows twin-engine airliners to fly long distance routes that were previously off-limits to twin-engine aircraft.

EYCL

Economy Class

A list of unusual words and abbreviations with their meaning, like a technical dictionary

Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA), a Spanish aircraft manufacturer and an original member of the Airbus consortium, now part of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS)

Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA), a Spanish aircraft manufacturer and an original member of the Airbus consortium, now part of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS)

Electronic Checklist

Engine Data Interface Unit

Engine Driven Pump

Engine Driven Pump

Electronic Engine Control

Electronic Flight Instrument System

Engine Health Monitoring

Engine Indicating and Crew Alerting System

Electrical Load Management System

Emergency Locator Transmitter

A generic term meaning, as the case may be, uncertainty phase, alert phase or distress phase

A generic term meaning, as the case may be, uncertainty phase, alert phase or distress phase

A generic term meaning, as the case may be, uncertainty phase, alert phase or distress phase

A situation wherein there is a reasonable certainty that an aircraft and its occupants are threatened by grave and imminent danger and require immediate assistance.

Emergency Operations Center

Autothrottle Engine Pressure Ratio

Estimated time of Arrival

Extended Twin Engine Operations. ETOPS is an aviation rule that allows twin-engine airliners to fly long distance routes that were previously off-limits to twin-engine aircraft.

Economy Class