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

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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 That would include the company’s compliance with two recent Federal Aviation Administration issued airworthiness directives. John Miller, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025 The incident prompted the FAA to temporarily ground some models of the plane and issue an emergency airworthiness directive requiring immediate inspections. Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024 Both issues are moving through the FAA’s standard process for developing airworthiness directives — rather than an emergency process — signaling that the agency and plane maker do not believe the issues are serious enough to require the planes to stop flying immediately. Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for airworthiness directive

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1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of airworthiness directive was in 1945

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“Airworthiness directive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airworthiness%20directive. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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