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 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 For some, these issues have resulted in a raft of on-wing inspections, airworthiness directives, or extra unplanned visits to the shop, necessitating the addition of more engine MRO capacity. Oliver Wyman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 The equipment was required to undergo annual testing, according to an airworthiness directive issued by the FAA in 2017. Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2023 See all Example Sentences for airworthiness directive 

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Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 16 Oct. 2024.

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