airworthiness directive

noun

variants or Airworthiness Directive

: a document that notifies the owners or operators of a particular model of aircraft that unsafe or potentially unsafe conditions have been discovered which may affect the airworthiness of the model in question and that details any corrective actions which may be necessary to address the deficiency

Examples of airworthiness directive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is expected to issue an emergency airworthiness directive mandating the software change. —Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025

There are no known airworthiness directives tied to the aircraft or its engines. —Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025

Air India was compliant with all airworthiness directives and alert service bulletins on the aircraft, the report said. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025

Recommendations include a new airworthiness directive for affected Max aircraft and a review of Boeing's safety culture. —Zach Wichter, USA Today, 26 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for airworthiness directive

• enantioselective
• advective
• affective
• collective
• connective
• convective
• corrective
• defective
• detective
• effective
• elective
• infective