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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The incident prompted the FAA to temporarily ground some models of the plane and issue an emergency airworthiness directive requiring immediate inspections.
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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
The petition cited an airworthiness directive issued earlier this month by the FAA, which deemed it unsafe to rely on cockpit safety systems in the presence of 5G transmitters in the C-Band.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
The airports that would face potential disruptions will be identified in future notices, according to the FAA order, known as an airworthiness directive.
—Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration released a new airworthiness directive for the Beechcraft King Air C90 (and others) on Jan. 11.
—Audrey Jensen, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2021
Tuesday’s order, known as an emergency airworthiness directive, requires an inspection process known as thermal acoustic imaging, or TAI, which is used to find cracks.
—Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021
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
The petition cited an airworthiness directive issued earlier this month by the FAA, which deemed it unsafe to rely on cockpit safety systems in the presence of 5G transmitters in the C-Band.
—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
The airports that would face potential disruptions will be identified in future notices, according to the FAA order, known as an airworthiness directive.
—Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
The Federal Aviation Administration released a new airworthiness directive for the Beechcraft King Air C90 (and others) on Jan. 11.
—Audrey Jensen, The Arizona Republic, 14 July 2021
Tuesday’s order, known as an emergency airworthiness directive, requires an inspection process known as thermal acoustic imaging, or TAI, which is used to find cracks.
—Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021
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