The FAA initially confirmed the "continued airworthiness" of the planes.
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After the crash on March 22025th it reaffirmed its airworthiness.
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Southwest was not alone in its opposition to the airworthiness directive.
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We remain confident in the safety and airworthiness of our entire fleet . . .
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The FAA will issue an "airworthiness directive" about some CFM56-7B engines.
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No mechanical issues that would affect the plane's airworthiness were identified either.
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The agency told Boeing it "determined that the public interest and safety in air commerce require that the FAA retain authority to issue airworthiness certificates and export certificates of airworthiness for all 737 Max airplanes," according to Reuters.
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"The FAA has determined that the public interest and safety in air commerce require that the FAA retain authority to issue airworthiness certificates and export certificates of airworthiness for all 737 Max airplanes," the FAA's letter to Boeing said.
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CASA has issued a proposal to cover airworthiness for all non-recreational drones.
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Airplanes: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is moving forward with new airworthiness regulations.
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Shortly after the incident, the FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring inspections.
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We're in charge of the airworthiness of the aircraft, making sure it's structurally sound.
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The FAA airworthiness directive requires the airlines to perform GE's recommendations within 150 days.
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They include airworthiness directives approving specific new airplane parts by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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FAA ISSUES CONTINUED AIRWORTHINESS NOTIFICATION TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ON BOEING 737 MAX 8
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Nine of its 21 aircraft have had their certificates of airworthiness suspended, SACAA said.
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They look for potential safety issues that could affect the airworthiness of the plane.
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" Southwest said, "We remain confident in the safety and airworthiness of the MAX 8.
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" Southwest (LUV) said, "We remain confident in the safety and airworthiness of the Max 8.
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And so, there were immediate actions and emergency airworthiness directives after the Lion Air crash.
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The airworthiness directive is intended to fix unsafe flying conditions in dozens of hot air balloons.
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Those authorizations are provided either directly from the FAA or through a designated airworthiness representative, or DAR.
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More testing and work to win airworthiness certifications from European and U.S. air safety regulators will follow.
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AIRBUS SAYS UNDER THE INSPECTION AND REPAIR REGIME, THE AIRWORTHINESS OF THE A380 FLEET IS NOT AFFECTED
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Fiji Airways and flydubai said they were confident in the airworthiness of their 737 MAX 8 fleets.
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According to Boeing, T1 received the experimental airworthiness certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this month.
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The problem could cause fires on board hot air balloons, the FAA warned in its airworthiness directive.
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As a result, Jet Test flights that require special airworthiness certificates are completely unable to operate right now.
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Certification is a key part of the regulatory process which determines an aircraft's airworthiness based on its design.
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Friday's FAA airworthiness directive stems from a January 29 incident aboard a 787 flying at about 20,5003 feet.
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The company has also renewed its airworthiness certificates every two years, most recently in October 2017, it added.
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The airworthiness regulations will update the fire safety standards for cargo airplanes, including the requirements for fire extinguishers.
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The suit accuses Boeing of "intentionally" failing to disclose information about the airworthiness and safety of the jets.
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Boeing has received no new orders for the Max since the second crash, underscoring worries about its airworthiness.
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There were no outstanding airworthiness directives or minimum equipment list items, and all inspections were up to date.
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Today, the FAA will issue a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) for Boeing 737 MAX operators.
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China's civil aviation regulator has stopped taking applications for MAX 8 airworthiness certification, a regulatory official said on Tuesday.
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Investigators said the 737 Max had a valid certificate of airworthiness, and the flight crew had the necessary qualifications.
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The FAA said on Wednesday it would finalize the airworthiness directive it had proposed in August within two weeks.
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The FAA later issued its own emergency airworthiness directive that advised pilots about how to respond to similar problems.
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"The FAA says it anticipates mandating this software enhancement with an Airworthiness Directive (AD) no later than April," Boeing said.
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SkyPan was further accused of operating its aircraft without proper communication tools and without receiving an airworthiness certificate and registration.
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The FAA must keep unsafe planes on the ground until every possible step has been taken to assure their airworthiness.
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The FAA certifies the airworthiness of manned planes, and major modifications such as mounting guns to planes require new inspections.
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This is a multiyear process, according to Gerber, and the vehicle will have to meet certain safety and "airworthiness" standards.
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The two issued an Airworthiness Directive warning about possible trim stabilizer control issues due to faulty angle-of-attack indicators.
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The agency recovered an iPad, a cell phone and documents such as the helicopter's maintenance records, registration and airworthiness certificate.
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Boeing (BA) issued a statement saying it continually incorporates lessons learned from various incidents into its recommended procedures and airworthiness directives.
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Boeing – Boeing issued a statement saying it continually incorporates lessons learned from various incidents into its recommended procedures and airworthiness directives.
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The Ethiopian pilots, he said, "didn't adhere to the emergency (Airworthiness Directive) that we put out" after the Lion Air crash.
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Airbus said the two companies were assessing the situation and the European Aviation Safety Agency had published an Emergency Airworthiness Directive.
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China's civil aviation regulator has stopped taking applications for MAX 303 airworthiness certification, an official from the regulator said on Tuesday.
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China's civil aviation regulator has stopped taking applications for MAX 8 airworthiness certification, an official from the regulator said on Tuesday.
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"We remain confident in the safety and airworthiness of our entire fleet of more than 750 Boeing 737 aircraft," he added.
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Federal regulations allow carriers to use American-made planes acquired from foreign airlines, but only after the agency confirms their airworthiness.
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Only after all of those steps are completed will the FAA lift the grounding of the Max with an Airworthiness Certificate.
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The Max 9 has never crashed, but It was included in an FAA emergency airworthiness directive following the Lion Air tragedy.
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The Max 9 has never crashed, but It was included in an FAA emergency airworthiness directive following the Lion Air crash.
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It also pulled the 737 Max airworthiness certificate from the 737 Max on Tuesday, even though the planes were already grounded.
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But the online functions aren't necessary for ordinary operation and flight, so local data mode doesn't affect airworthiness or anything like that.
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Airbus said it and Pratt & Whitney were assessing the situation and the European Aviation Safety Agency had published an Emergency Airworthiness Directive.
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Wild called for drone accident reporting to be mandatory globally for commercial drone pilots, and more stringent airworthiness requirements also be instated.
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Last year the FAA issued an airworthiness directive on the CFM56-7B version that would have required inspection of the fan blades.
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The FAA said it will issue an Airworthiness Directive to require Boeing's service actions to identify and remove the parts from service.
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Michael Michaelis, an American pilot, argued that Boeing should push the F.A.A. to issue what is known as an emergency airworthiness directive.
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The regulations in development will cover everything from vehicle safety, airworthiness and traffic control to noise pollution, operator certification and software security.
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Pilots were aware of an airworthiness directive issued after the Lion Air crash in October and had had additional training, he said.
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According to the FAA, the new airworthiness directives (AD) would cost about $22017 per engine and would require about two hours of labor.
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The F.A.A. relies on Boeing employees to help certify the airworthiness of its aircraft, a system that critics say creates conflicts of interest.
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The Airworthiness Directive helped the pilots of Ethiopian 302 know what was happening, but it wasn't enough — they still were unable to recover.
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Instead, it will be structured as a challenge where companies race toward getting airworthiness certifications that can benefit companies in the commercial market.
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"We remain confident in the safety and airworthiness of our fleet of more than 20177 Boeing aircraft," read a statement from the airline.
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Following Boeing's statement, the FAA has issued an airworthiness directive for the 737 Max which mandates safety protocols for US carriers, according to Bloomberg.
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"The FAA will issue a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) for Boeing 737 Max operators," the agency said in a statement.
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"Today, the FAA will issue a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) for Boeing 737 MAX operators," an FAA statement read Monday.
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It lifted the suspension on Thursday after the airline managed to get two recertification approvals, including certificates of airworthiness for two of its aircraft.
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A flydubai spokeswoman said that post review of the continued airworthiness notification received from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), no further action was required.
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Nine days after the Lion Air crash, the F.A.A. issued an "airworthiness directive," requiring an update of the 737 MAX 's flight-operations manual.
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The FAA said Wednesday night that it will issue an airworthiness directive in the next two weeks requiring inspections of certain CFM56-7B engines.
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""All commercial and mil planes have to meet several safety lightning-related requirements to get the airworthiness certifications required in the US and Europe.
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This exemption would rely on another credible organisation attesting to the airworthiness of the aircraft, in this case, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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The letter is not an unusual response after the agency issues airworthiness directives, and it is not known what specific changes Boeing was requesting.
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Any homebuilt aircraft must be inspected by the FAA for airworthiness before its first flight like any general aviation aircraft, according to FAA regulations.
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The Max 9 model has never crashed, but it was included in an FAA emergency airworthiness directive following the Lion Air crash last year.
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said the concern was not serious enough at this stage to warrant an airworthiness directive setting out compulsory measures.
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She said the plane had a valid certificate of airworthiness and, per NPR, officials haven't determined whether there was a structural problem with the aircraft.
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And even if the FAA issues airworthiness directives, many airlines have said they won't consider reintroducing the 737MAX until at least the summer peak passes.
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The first update applies to Section 333-exempt aircraft - aircraft which the Secretary of Transportation has determined doesn't need an airworthiness certificate to operate commercially.
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For jet engine newbs, MTOW is the heaviest weight at which an aircraft has been shown to meet all the 'airworthiness' requirements applicable to it.
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"The existing Southwest Airlines maintenance program meets or exceeds all the requirements specified in the airworthiness directive," the airline said in a post on Twitter.
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Late on Monday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued a "continued airworthiness notification" to assure operators of the plane that it was safe to fly.
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The top issues slowing progress are achieving the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness certifications and completing the flight test program, the U.S. Air Force said.
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"Today, the FAA will issue a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) for Boeing 737 MAX operators," the FAA said in a statement.
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Amid media speculation over the airworthiness of the aircraft, the transport minister suspended Lion Air's technical director and several technicians to facilitate the crash investigation.
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On Monday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a message on Twitter that it would issue a "continued airworthiness notification" for the 737 Max.
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The update found no outstanding airworthiness directives (no safety notices about issues involving helicopter) and that all inspections on the aircraft were up to date.
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A long-standing practice that has allowed both plane- and part-makers to certify their own work as meeting airworthiness standards is coming under scrutiny.
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Details: The meeting between the union and Boeing executives became confrontational as pilots asked Boeing to issue an emergency airworthiness directive, per the New York Times.
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"Today, the FAA will issue a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) for Boeing 737 MAX operators," the agency said in a statement Monday.
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Huazhi Hu, the company's founder, aims to begin flight tests of the 184 in Nevada later this year to obtain an airworthiness certificate from the FAA.
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The crashes have tarnished Boeing's reputation and damaged the image and respect of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as the regulator that certified the aircraft's airworthiness.
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The European Union banned most planes operated by Iran's state-owned flag carrier, Iran Air, from its skies in 2010 because of concerns over their airworthiness.
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Before this policy was instituted, the agency selected these airworthiness representatives, who may have worked for the manufacturer but were chosen and supervised by the agency.
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As concerns about the airworthiness of the Boeing 737 Max 8 spread around the globe on Tuesday, pressure was building on the F.A.A. to take action.
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In its latest statement, the FAA said, "Issuance of the Airworthiness Certificate is the final FAA action affirming that each newly manufactured 737 Max is airworthy."
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Late on Monday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a "continued airworthiness notification" to assure operators of the plane that it was safe to fly.
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Both the FAA and Boeing say they're investigating what's going on with the 737 Max 8 planes and are confident in the "continued airworthiness" of the model.
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A new airworthiness directive will require airplane operators to perform inspections on General Electric's CFM56-7B engines by the end of August, followed by future periodic inspections.
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The emergency airworthiness directive will require airlines to perform an ultrasonic inspection of certain CFM56-7B engines within 20 days of receipt of the order, it said.
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Before flying taxis are allowed to operate, the FAA will need to certify them for airworthiness and other safety-related credentials, which the agency hasn't done yet.
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One day later, however, the F.A.A. repeated the same information in the form of an "Emergency Airworthiness Directive," a regulatory mandate to change the airplane's flight manual.
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" The FAA said, "Boeing knowingly submitted aircraft for final FAA airworthiness certification after determining that the parts could not be used due to a failed strength test.
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"We remain confident in the safety and airworthiness of our fleet of more than 750 Boeing aircraft," Southwest said in a statement sent to CNN on Monday.
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But the task of delivering its growing backlog was made more complicated last month, when the F.A.A. took control of issuing certificates of airworthiness for each airplane.
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Boeing has sent out a service bulletin and the FAA will issue an airworthiness directive requiring airlines to inspect and repair its slat track assemblies within 10 days.
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Michaelis, the union's head of safety, also told Boeing to push the Federal Aviation Administration to issue an additional emergency airworthiness directive in order to update the software.
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Amid media speculation over the airworthiness of the aircraft, the transport minister suspended Lion Air's technical director and three other officers on Wednesday to facilitate the crash investigation.
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"This is because, understandably, these various regulatory agencies require aircraft manufacturers to meet innumerable exacting standards to ensure aircraft airworthiness and public safety," Bombardier said in the lawsuit.
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Flydubai said it had received the FAA's continued airworthiness notification and no further action was required at this time, while Turkish Airlines said it was closely monitoring developments.
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Chao said the Federal Aviation Administration was going to issue a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community, or CANIC, for Boeing 7373 MAX 8 operators later Monday.
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China's civil aviation regulator has stopped taking applications for Boeing 737 Max 8 airworthiness certification since March 21, an official at the regulator's news department said on Tuesday.
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Boeing previously missed a forecast that the aircraft would be delivered last year, as the planemaker was trying to get airworthiness certifications and complete a flight test program.
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In cases where a plane has two affected engines installed, airlines must replace one of them, it said in an Emergency Airworthiness Directive published on its website on Thursday.
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The comments you referenced were made during the normal rulemaking process that includes an industry-wide notice and comment period designed to further clarify a draft Airworthiness Directive (AD).
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The RQ-4A received its military airworthiness certificate from the US Air Force in January 2006, signifying it had earned "a proven track record of safe and reliable operations."
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Fiji Airways said it had followed a comprehensive induction process for its new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and it had full confidence in the airworthiness of its fleet.
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"We have identified the issue and designed an inspection and repair scheme," Airbus said in a statement, adding that the ongoing airworthiness of the A380 fleet was not affected.
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The complaint claims that Boeing failed to disclose information about the airworthiness of the jet to its customers, according to the Financial Times, in order to sell the aircraft.
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The FAA announced: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) that requires operators to inspect fan blades on certain CFM56-7B engines within 20 days.
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"External reports are drawing similarities between this accident and the Lion Air Flight 610 accident on October 29, 2018," reads the FAA's Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community.
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The agency released a memo, known as a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community, on Monday night that made no mention of plans to ground 13 Max planes.
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Flydubai remains confident in the airworthiness of its Boeing 737 planes, an airline spokeswoman said on Monday, a day after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 crashed.
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For now, however, Ju-Air's three Ju-52 aircraft will remain indefinitely grounded until the group carries out technical measures required by the Swiss civil aviation agency to ensure airworthiness.
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"This assessment is based on known risks and predicted impacts associated with airworthiness certifications and slower than expected flight test execution," the Air Force said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Information recovered from the jet's flight data recorder last week led the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue an emergency airworthiness directive urging airlines to update their flight manuals.
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Investigators will be looking at the plane's maintenance records to see when the engine was last inspected, as well as an airworthiness directive related to the aircraft's model of engine.
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Southwest is in contact with Boeing and "remains confident in the safety and airworthiness of its fleet of more than 750 Boeing aircraft," spokesman Chris Mainz said in a statement.
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The new permanent airworthiness directive lowers the threshold for the ultrasonic inspections, expanding the number of engines requiring inspections by about 2,500 to an estimated 3,716 engines on US planes.
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As of Tuesday morning, the U.S.'s regulatory agency, the FAA, has taken no similar action, declaring the "airworthiness" of the model in a statement shared on Twitter on Tuesday.
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"The FAA notified Boeing today that the agency will retain authority over the issuance of Airworthiness Certificates for all newly manufactured 737 MAX aircraft," the FAA said in a statement.
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On Wednesday, top House Democrats with oversight of the agency said that they would begin a thorough review of the process used to determine the airworthiness of the 737 Max.
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Investigators have recovered an iPad, a cell phone and documents such as the helicopter's maintenance records, registration and airworthiness certificate from a debris field that stretched 500 to 600 feet.
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A pilot named Michael Michaelis argued that the company should push the FAA to issue an emergency airworthiness directive that would update the 737 Max's anti-stall software known as MCAS.
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Boeing filed an application on March 15 through the FAA to obtain an airworthiness certificate from CAAC, the Chinese regulator said in the statement that summarized remarks from a monthly briefing.
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Read the FAA airworthiness directive The Dreamliner is Boeing's most sophisticated passenger plane to date, made largely of expensive, super-strong light-weight carbon-fiber reinforced plastic instead of traditional aluminum.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a "continued airworthiness notification" for the 28 MAX late on Monday to assure operators, and detailed a series of design changes mandated by Boeing.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a "continued airworthiness notification" for the 7377 MAX late on Monday to assure operators, and detailed a series of design changes mandated by Boeing.
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DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Flydubai remains confident in the airworthiness of its Boeing 737 planes, an airline spokeswoman said on Monday, a day after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 crashed.
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The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) each issued an emergency airworthiness directive Friday requiring airlines to perform an ultrasonic inspection of certain CFM2000-220B engines.
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The F.A.A.'s oversight of aircraft safety needs to be examined by Congress, which should act to make sure the agency names independent experts to determine the airworthiness of an aircraft.
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The F.A.A. is also looking into a claim that as recently as late March, a worker at the plant was pressured to sign off on work related to a jet's airworthiness.
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The regulator is also looking into a claim that an employee faced pressure to sign off on work related to the airworthiness of a jet during the last week of March.
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"According to Airbus Helicopters, issuance of the EASB (notice) is a precautionary measure to ensure the continued airworthiness of the helicopter type," the Accident Investigation Board Norway said in a statement.
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The C919, China's bid to break the Airbus and Boeing duopoly in the narrow-body passenger jet market, has not yet obtained an airworthiness certification and is not yet in service.
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"As a result, and in reliance on Boeing's misrepresentations regarding the airworthiness of the subject aircraft, Avia continued to abide by the terms" of its purchase agreement, according to court documents.
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But in contrast to the full-volume debate about the plane's airworthiness playing out on the ground, the scene in the sky was a mix of blissful ignorance and quiet anxiety.
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The FAA will issue an Airworthiness Directive to require Boeing's service actions to identify and remove the parts from service, and operators will be required to perform this action within 10 days.
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's self-developed C919 passenger jet completed its first long-distance flight on Friday, in a milestone that its manufacturer said marks the plane's move into an airworthiness certification phase.
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Bahrami also indicated the agency was not more upfront about the MCAS issues in the airworthiness directive because standard procedure in aviation investigations limits what participants, such as the FAA, can say.
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BEIJING, March 26 (Reuters) - China's civil aviation regulator has stopped taking applications for Boeing 737 Max 8 airworthiness certification since March 21, an official at the regulator's news department said on Tuesday.
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" The F.A.A. disagrees, saying that it had briefed the Indonesians "on several of the advisories and airworthiness directives on the Boeing 737 Max accidents issued to civilian aviation authorities and operators globally.
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The team said the eight areas being looked into included the plane's diversion from its flight plan, crew profiles, airworthiness and maintenance of the aircraft as well as the aircraft cargo consignment.
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GebreMariam said he learned about the MCAS system after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an airworthiness directive following the Lion Air crash over the Java Sea in Indonesia in October.
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KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine will test the airworthiness of its entire civilian fleet of aircraft following the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday in a statement.
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A grounding occurs when the relevant safety regulator (the F.A.A. in the United States, or the European Aviation Safety Agency in Europe) removes the airworthiness certificate for a certain kind of plane.
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Soon after the Lion Air crash, the FAA issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive, telling Boeing to update its manual and provide instructions for how to handle what happened to the Lion Air pilots.
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Wild pointed out that under drone regulations in the U.S., for example, commercial operators of drones under 25 kilograms (55 pounds) must pass an aeronautical knowledge test, but airworthiness certification is not required.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Monday the Federal Aviation Administration would issue a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community, or CANIC, for Boeing 7373 MAX 8 operators at 5 p.m.
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For example, in the case of Switzerland, associate membership of the European Aviation Safety Agency means that airworthiness certifications are granted by its own aviation authority, and disputes are resolved through its courts.
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The report found that the Federal Aviation Administration had allowed Southwest to routinely provide inaccurate data to pilots and to operate more than 150,000 flights on planes whose airworthiness had not been confirmed.
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Following Boeing's bulletin, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued an airworthiness directive to Boeing 737 MAX 8 crews if they experience the same problems that brought down Lion Air Flight 610.
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In response to October's Lion Air crash, Boeing developed a software patch and a pilot training program to address the issues from the fatal flight, the FAA said in an airworthiness directive Wednesday.
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The AD, effective March 9, required revising the maintenance or inspection program to include an airworthiness limitation for repetitive inspections of the web fastener holes in the overwing flex-tees, the FAA said.
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Approximately a week after the Lion Air accident, on November 6, 2018, Boeing issued an Operations Manual Bulletin (OMB), which was followed a day later by the FAA's issuance of an Airworthiness Directive (AD).
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"There are various iterations of that [engine] and so I can't say exactly what that airworthiness directive might have applied to at this point, but that will be part of our investigation," Sumwalt said.
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The airline and the authority said in a joint statement that they had confidence in the model's airworthiness but would suspend flights out of deference to public concern and regulatory action around the world.
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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued an airworthiness directive last month requiring a one-time ultrasonic inspection of each affected fan blade on models of CFM56 engines within nine months of April 2.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a "continued airworthiness notification" for the 737 MAX on Monday to assure operators, and detailed a series of design changes mandated by Boeing after the Indonesia crash.
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"Out of an abundance of caution for the flying public, the @FAANews should ground the 2628 MAX 28500 until we investigate the causes of recent crashes and ensure the plane's airworthiness," Romney tweeted Tuesday.
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"There are various iterations of that (engine) and so I can't say exactly what that airworthiness directive might have applied to at this point, but that will be part of our investigation," Sumwalt said.
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"There are various iterations of that (engine) and so I can't say exactly what that airworthiness directive might have applied to at this point, but that will be part of our investigation," he said.
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"CAAI reviewed favourably our ... interim solution and intend to issue an Airworthiness Directive tomorrow (Thursday) which will allow the aircraft to be operated safely," IAI said in a statement to Reuters after the review.
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KIEV, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Ukraine will test the airworthiness of its entire civilian fleet of aircraft following the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday in a statement.
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But normally the reaction is to nitpick, or to find mechanical discrepancies that don't affect the airworthiness of the plane, but enable the mechanic to keep the plane on the ground for a time.
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Runway Girl Network, a news service specialising in aircraft interiors, reported the FAA was proposing to issue an airworthiness directive for the removal of certain Zodiac seat components after determining they may cause injury.
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"This investigation has just begun and to date we have not been provided data to draw any conclusions or take any actions," the FAA said in a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community.
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"CAAI reviewed favorably our ... interim solution and intend to issue an Airworthiness Directive tomorrow (Thursday) which will allow the aircraft to be operated safely," IAI said in a statement to Reuters after the review.
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"CAAI reviewed favorably our ... interim solution and intend to issue an Airworthiness Directive tomorrow (Thursday) which will allow the aircraft to be operated safely," IAI said in a statement to Reuters after the review.
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" It later issued a "Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community" that said it would examine all data from the investigation and "take appropriate action if the data indicates the need to do so.
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The C-130H airlifter, as well as the MC-130H used for special operations operations, are among the oldest in the Air Force and "are experiencing airworthiness, maintainability and operational limitations," according to budget documents.
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As a precautionary measure, EASA has published today an Airworthiness Directive, effective as of 2787:22013 UTC, suspending all flight operations of all Boeing Model 2100-20137 MAX and 20137-7373 MAX aeroplanes in Europe.
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Even after Boeing issued an airworthiness directive late last year clarifying procedures pilots should follow to shut off the automated anti-stall system, there has been steady criticism that Boeing was not going far enough.
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But we can all breathe just a little easier because, when there are potentially damaged or defective parts in airplanes, the FAA issues an airworthiness directive – in other words, a regulation – to correct the situation.
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Progress is slowed mainly due to the tanker not yet achieving airworthiness certifications from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and not yet completing the flight test program, the Air Force said in a written statement.
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The phase two certification sets the stage for initial operational test and evaluation next year of KC-46, which has troubled Boeing for years as it struggled to get airworthiness certifications and complete flight tests.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday it plans to issue a global notice of "continued airworthiness" for the Boeing 2628 Max 28503 airplane after two deadly crashes involving the model raised concerns about safety.
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Normally, routine day-to-day activities like certifying individual planes of an already certified type — the issuing of Airworthiness Certificates — which are among the final phases of the manufacturing process, are delegated to the planemaker.
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The airworthiness group retained the FMS computer to examine it for any available recorded data stored in memory, and also retained two flight control computers, four gyros, and the standby attitude indicator for further examination.
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In the course of our urgent review of data on the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash, if any issues affecting the continued airworthiness of the aircraft are identified, the FAA will take immediate and appropriate action.
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"Out of an abundance of caution for the flying public, the @FAANews should ground the 737 MAX 8 until we investigate the causes of recent crashes and ensure the plane's airworthiness," the former presidential candidate tweeted.
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"Out of an abundance of caution for the flying public, the (FAA) should ground the 737 MAX 8 until we investigate the causes of recent crashes and ensure the plane's airworthiness," Romney said in a tweet.
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In response to October's Lion Air crash, Boeing has developed a software patch and a pilot training program to address the issues from the fatal flight, the Federal Aviation Administration said in an airworthiness directive Wednesday.
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In mid-November, he told FAA officials to "take whatever time is needed" for the review days after Boeing said it expected the agency to certify the plane and issue an airworthiness directive by mid-December.
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A Southwest spokesperson told USA Today the company remained "confident in the safety and airworthiness" of its fleet of Boeing aircraft, but it also appears to be helping customers figure out what type of aircraft they're on.
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The airline and the authority temporarily grounded the carrier's two 737 MAX planes, saying they had confidence in the model's airworthiness but would suspend flights out of deference to public concern and regulatory action around the world.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring owners and operators of Engine Alliance (EA) Model GP7200 series engines to visually inspect the engines and remove the fan hub if defects are found.
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Inspections ordered The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) each issued an emergency airworthiness directive on Friday requiring airlines to perform an ultrasonic inspection of certain CFM203-220B engines within 2000 days.
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The European aviation safety authority has issued airworthiness directives to Airbus on the 17th of this month, demanding that Airbus issue warnings as soon as possible and provide interim solutions within 30 days to revise aircraft manuals.
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The comments came days after Boeing said it expected the FAA certify the 737 MAX, issue an airworthiness directive and unground the plane in mid-December - a timetable that sent the planemaker's stock price soaring on Monday.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a "continued airworthiness notification" for the 28 MAX late on Monday to assure operators, and detailed a series of design changes mandated by Boeing in response to the Indonesia crash.
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Rather than naming and supervising its own "designated airworthiness representatives," the agency decided to allow Boeing and other manufacturers who qualified under the revised procedures to select their own employees to certify the safety of their aircraft.
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The NTSB launched a go-team consisting of an investigator-in-charge from the Major Investigations division and specialists in operations, human performance, airworthiness, powerplants, aerial imagery, air traffic control (ATC), meteorology, maintenance records, and site control.
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Pilatus on Thursday obtained certificates from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its PC-24 jet that signify its airworthiness, setting the stage for the first aircraft delivery this month.
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Boeing had issued guidelines to pilots on how to disable an automated anti-stall system after a deadly crash in Indonesia in October, that were followed by an emergency airworthiness directive by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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"In response, the FAA communicated to congressional committees of jurisdiction that it believes Southwest Airlines is taking the FAA's concerns seriously and that revoking the airworthiness certificates of the uninspected aircraft is unnecessary," it said in a statement.
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"We are issuing this [airworthiness directive] because we evaluated all the relevant information and determined the unsafe condition described previously is likely to exist or develop in other products of the same type design," said the FAA's notice.
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"However, this investigation has just begun and to date we have not been provided data to draw any conclusions or take any actions," according to the Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community for Boeing 2350 MAX 25 operators.
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The deputy head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Li Jian said in May that more flaws in aircraft design, manufacturing, airworthiness compliance and operational suitability were being identified, as work continued for certification of the jet.
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"The newly signed Implementation Procedures for Airworthiness realizes the full reciprocal recognition of aviation products between China and the U.S. The scope of the agreement covers all types of aviation products and is meant to be comprehensive," it said.
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Southwest had 34 of Boeing 2737 MAX 28 planes in its fleet of about 2400.01 as of the end of last year and remains "confident in the safety and airworthiness" of its aircraft, the carrier said in a statement.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday that it remains confident in the safety and airworthiness of its 34 Boeing MAX 8 aircraft, noting that the aircraft produces thousands of data points during each flight which are constantly monitored.
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" — FAA airworthiness notification authorizing continued flights of the Boeing 737 Max 8 fleet The president, who has boasted about a decline in domestic aviation disasters under his watch, tweeted on Tuesday that airplanes have become "too complex to fly.
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Under consideration as part of the company's Brexit contingency plans is the possibility of shifting the "type certificate", a required airworthiness credential, from being certified by the European safety regulator EASA to the U.S. regulator, the Federal Aviation Agency.
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The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has reverted to Boeing and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on issues regarding the aircraft's airworthiness and is waiting for their response, the Chinese regulator said in a statement on its website.
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His comments come after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency airworthiness directive on Wednesday to address how to handle erroneous data from a sensor on the Boeing 737 MAX jet in the wake of last week's Indonesian jetliner crash.
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"We remain confident in the safety and airworthiness of our fleet of more than 750 Boeing aircraft," said Dallas-based Southwest, which is the largest MAX 8 operator with 31 in its fleet from an order of nearly 20163 MAX aircraft.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued an emergency airworthiness directive on about 250 Boeing 737 Max aircraft after the U.S. aircraft manufacturer sent a bulletin to carriers in the aftermath of a deadly Lion Air flight.
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CHICAGO, March 12 (Reuters) - Southwest Airlines said on Tuesday that it remains confident in the safety and airworthiness of its 34 Boeing MAX 8 aircraft, noting that the aircraft produces thousands of data points during each flight which are constantly monitored.
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Winning those quotas would make Hengli China's first private refiner to export aviation fuel, but before it can get to that stage, it first has to get an airworthiness certification for its fuel from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
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Gebremariam also defended his airline's training procedure, noting that Ethiopian pilots who flew the 737 Max 8 were fully trained on a service bulletin issued by Boeing and the Emergency Airworthiness Directive issued by the USA Federal Aviation Authority (FAA).
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The FAA's airworthiness directive to plane operators makes compulsory changes Boeing outlined in service bulletins in 2017 and early 2018 for certain areas in 787's tire and wheel "threat zones" that may be susceptible to damage, the company said.
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In Wednesday's demonstration, which was hosted by the German military's Technical and Airworthiness Centre for Aircraft (WTD61) about 50 km (35 miles) north of Munich, a "good" drone threw a net over a potentially threatening one, taking it to the ground.
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Boeing said in November it expected the FAA to certify the 737 Max, issue an airworthiness directive and unground the plane in mid-December, even as it acknowledged it would not win approval for changes to pilot training until January.
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What We Found Current and former pilots at Lion Air recounted dozens of instances, both before and after the crash, in which they felt pressured to fly, despite concerns about the weather, the plane's airworthiness or even their own alertness.
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Since the 1950s, the FAA has delegated some certification responsibilities to private experts, but in 2005 the agency launched an initiative that gave aviation companies the ability to select their own employees to perform inspections and approve the airworthiness of planes.
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More than 200 airline pilots, technical leaders and regulators convened at Boeing's sprawling production facility outside of Seattle Wednesday as the company rolled out efforts to restore industry confidence in its safety protocols and the airworthiness of the 737 Max.
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WASHINGTON/ZHUHAI, China (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency airworthiness directive on Wednesday to address how to handle erroneous data from a sensor on the new Boeing 737 MAX jet in the wake of last week's Indonesian jetliner crash.
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"We are endeavouring to get the airworthiness certification from the civil aviation authorities by 2021, and deliver it to the customers by 2022," Xinhua quoted Huang Lingcai, the plane's chief designer at state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), as saying.
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Amazon is requesting permission to use its custom MK27 drone for deliveries before the FAA grants the aircraft a certificate of airworthiness, and an exemption from drone-specific rules, including a requirement that they only be operated when an operator can see it.
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China is reviewing the airworthiness of the plane based on proposed changes to software and flight control systems according to a bilateral agreement with the United States, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) spokesman Liu Luxu told reporters at a monthly briefing.
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Once the certification flights are done, the paperwork is complete and the training is set, the F.A.A. will issue an airworthiness directive instructing airlines how to install new software and fix other issues on the Max so that it can fly again.
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China is reviewing the airworthiness of the plane based on proposed changes to software and flight control systems according to a bilateral agreement with the United States, Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) spokesman Liu Lusong told reporters at a monthly briefing.
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Directorate General of Civil Aviation, a government body which oversees airworthiness standards and safety operations, will be issuing an advisory shortly to all the airlines telling passengers to either avoid using any Galaxy Note-series of smartphone, or switch them off during in flight.
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CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF FIJI, FIJI AIRWAYS The airline and the authority temporarily grounded the carrier's two 737 MAX planes, saying they had confidence in the model's airworthiness but would suspend flights out of deference to public concern and regulatory action around the world.
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The section of law that allows the FAA to grant drone exemptions gives the Transportation Department the authority to drop a requirement that operators of the technology apply for a certificate of airworthiness that is normally required for flights that are formally considered an aircraft.
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Miller directed an immediate time compliance technical order inspection to identify and correct any cracking to ensure airworthiness of these C-130 aircraft," the statement said, adding that "aircraft that are inspected and determined to have no cracking will be immediately returned to service.
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Acorn planes that fly for the US military in Africa also carry Nebula, FAA airworthiness documents reveal, along with devices including Windjammer, which can track and disable satellite phones; "dirtboxes," which simulate cell phone towers; and Lanshark, which can survey Wi-Fi networks from the air.
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The U.S. has refused to join the list of countries so far, with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reportedly issuing a "continued airworthiness notification" on the aircraft that detailed Boeing's response to a previous crash in Indonesia, which took place in October and resulted in 189 deaths.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 26 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Agency said on Tuesday that it notified Boeing Co that the agency will be the only issuer of airworthiness certificates for all new 737 MAX aircraft, a role that it had shared with the aircraft maker in the past.
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The FAA issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive about runaway trim stabilization control on the 737 Max after the first crash, but it did not discuss the automated system behind the crashes, known as the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), or highlight the FAA&aposs risk assessment.
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"The FAA was in a difficult position because as the lead for the airworthiness of the Max, they would perceive a duty not to produce a catastrophic business decision without the evidence to do it," Dai Whittingham, chief executive of the U.K. Flight Safety Committee, told VICE News.
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Capping gains on the Dow was a 0.6% drop in shares of Boeing Co after the Federal Aviation Administration said it would be the only issuer of airworthiness certificates for new 737 MAX jets, the latest hurdle in the planemaker's bid to get the plane back in the air.
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Reuters was first to report the news, with its sources indicating that the new safety issue was discovered in simulator tests last week, and now Boeing faces increased delays — which may include the potential need for hardware fixes — before it's able to regain certification for airworthiness of its 737 Max.
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The head of the Directorate of Airworthiness and Aircraft Operations (DOAAO) at the Indonesian Transportation Ministry told CNN that the agency was in the process of intensive discussions about additional training for the pilots who fly the MAX 8 planes, but did not elaborate on what any additional training would involve.
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The FAA, which has issued more than 100 airworthiness directives just since the beginning of this year, has said that the time it takes to finalize directives depends on the complexity of the issue and the agency's risk assessment based on the likelihood of occurrence and the severity of the outcome.
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The head of the Directorate of Airworthiness and Aircraft Operations (DOAAO) at the Indonesian Transportation Ministry told CNN on Wednesday that the agency was in the process of intensive discussions about additional training for the pilots who fly the Max 8 planes, but did not elaborate on what any additional training would involve.
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Whilst the pretty basic pattern activity carried out by Night 19 is coherent with a periodic flight required to maintain currencies and airworthiness certificates, the seemingly more complex stuff conducted by Night 17 after it changed callsign to Dagger 17 seems to suggest there is some more interesting work for Black Jet.
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"The implication was that this pilot change would be sufficient to provide airworthiness; there was no real mention of improvements and necessary changes to the MCAS system, leading I think most people to conclude that there was no long-term issue with the MCAS," Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) said to Bahrami at the hearing.
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But the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 21.34 points, or 0.08%, at 28,100.34, weighed down by Boeing Co. Shares of Boeing dipped 613% after the Federal Aviation Administration said it would be the only issuer of airworthiness certificates for all new 737 MAX planes, potentially affecting the planemaker's timeline of starting deliveries by December.
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That is standard procedure for a specific update or fix to an individual part, versus the years-long certification of a new airplane model, which allows for the approval of certain elements of design and airworthiness by specifically designated Boeing employees, in accordance with a long-standing agreement between the manufacturer and the FAA.
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But airlines operating older versions of the Airbus A350-941 (which was introduced back in 2013) are subject to a mandatory airworthiness directive, (first issued in 2017) that has now been revised by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency to require them to completely power down the aircraft before it passes 149 hours of continuous operation.
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As the general public has become increasingly concerned about the safety of flying on one of the most popular airplanes in the world, the Federal Aviation Administration is issuing a global notice stating confidence in the "continued airworthiness" of Boeing's jets—dozens of which are likely in the sky above our heads at this very second.
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The official in her office in charge of airworthiness and aircraft operation, Avirianto, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, fired off messages to the F.A.A. asking for an explanation of MCAS, which at the time was only vaguely understood, even by aviation experts, because Boeing had failed to put information about it in the plane's manual.
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The company has delivered around 40 of its aircraft to paying customers, too, and if all goes to plan, by next month it will have completed a pilot program with the Civil Aviation Administration of China that will allow it to move on to full approval of the airworthiness of its aircraft for commercial flight in the country.
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