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Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-330, A-340/200, and A-340/300 series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent loss of the sensor strut function, resulting in the inability to detect flap drive disconnection at flap track stations 4 and 5, which could lead to separation of the outboard flap from the airplane, and consequent reduced co

11/11/2004 15:49

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 216)] [Page 64836-64839] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. model PC-7 airplanes

Washington, Usa - To detect and correct any defects in the leads of any fuel booster pump, which could result in electrical arcing

11/11/2004 15:34

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 216)] [Page 64832-64834] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model MD-11 airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent arcing damage to the terminal strips and damage to the adjacent structure, which could result in smoke and/or fire in the mid-cabin compartment

11/11/2004 15:34

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Civil aviationFAA AD on Raytheon Aircraft Company 65, 90, 99, 100, 200, and 1900 series airplanes, and models 70 and 300 airplanes

Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracks in the NLG fork, which could result in reduced structural integrity and inability of the NLG fork to carry design limit and ultimate loads

11/11/2004 15:34

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Civil aviationDecontamination activity against the depleted uranium in Bosnia

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina - More than 600 bullet fragments belonging to the NATo's airplanes have been recovered

11/11/2004 12:28

Bosnia's health and environment authorities would be accomplishing a relevant decontamination work in the area related to the city of Sarajevo's suburbia, a work whose conclusion is expected to occur in... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 707 and 720 series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To find and fix corrosion and stress corrosion cracking of the upper and lower chords on the wing front and rear spars, which could result in reduced structural integrity of the wing

11/10/2004 16:55

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 216)] [Page 64835-64836] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Airbus model A-310 series airplanes; and model A-300 B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R series airplanes; and model C4- 605R Variant F airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent rupture of the housing of the RAT ejection jack due to overpressure in the jack caused by overfilling the hydraulic fluid, and consequent failure of the RAT ejection jack

11/10/2004 15:34

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 216)] [Page 64854-64856] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model MD-11 and -11F airplanes (2004-22-17)

Washington, Usa - To prevent moisture from entering through the rear of the connector of the ODUs located in the overhead baggage stowage racks, which could result in a short, damage to the connector pins, and consequent smoke and/or fire in the cabin

11/10/2004 15:34

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Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model MD-11 and MD- 11F airplanes (2004-22-20)

Washington, Usa - To prevent arcing damage to the power feeder cables, terminal boards, and adjacent structure, which could result in smoke and/or fire in the cabin

11/10/2004 15:34

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Civil aviationFAA AD on Raytheon Aircraft Company model B-100 airplanes

Washington, Usa - To detect and correct loose "B" nuts on the engine inlet, which could result in failure of the engine inlet anti-ice system and consequent ice buildup

11/10/2004 15:31

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 216)] [Page 64858-64860] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on McDonnell Douglas model MD-11 and -11F airplanes (2004-22-18)

Washington, Usa - To prevent electrical shorting of the brake coils of the ATS, which could result in smoke in the cockpit and/or passenger cabin

11/10/2004 15:31

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 9, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 216)] [Page 64849-64850] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model CL-600-2B19 airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent fractures of the MLG side-brace fitting shafts, and possible collapse of the MLG

11/10/2004 15:30

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Civil aviationChina: safe flights after the incident of 2002

Beijing, China - Thanks to the strengthening of Civil Aviation National Board in all the Chinese carriers

11/09/2004 17:12

According to what CCTV transmitted yesterday, after the tragedy of a China Northern Airlines plane, occurred in May 2002 in the North of China, when the MD-82 flying from Beijing to Dalian crashed into... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Rolls-Royce plc RB211 Trent 700 series turbofan engines

Washington, Usa - To prevent internal oil fires due to coking and carbon buildup, that could cause uncontained engine failure and damage to the airplane

11/09/2004 13:54

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 8, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 215)] [Page 64653-64656] Header Information Header Information DEPARTMENT OF... more

Civil aviationA strategic cooperation between EU and India began

Brussels, Belgium - And the final political deal with Iran on its nuclear programme is likely to be signed soon, according to Javier Solana

11/08/2004 18:02

EU’s representative for foreign policy Javier Solana met Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today, in order to analyse the situation on the relations between European Union and India with reference t... more

Civil aviationA deal between Europe and Iran on the nuclear energy

Teheran, Iran - And China ensures that it will object to the prospective proposal for sanctions by the USA within the UN

11/08/2004 15:35

After the recent announcements by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the lack of evidence in Iran with reference to the possibility that it can provide itself with nuclear weapons (see... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Saab model Saab SF-340A and Saab 340B series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent the elevator and aileron trim-tab bearings from coming loose, which could result in excessive play in the elevator and aileron trim systems, and reduced controllability of the airplane

11/08/2004 14:20

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 5, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 214)] [Page 64482-64483] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationPentagon warned about the MANPADS

Washington, USA - There would be some 6000 portable surface-to-air missiles out of the governmental arsenals all over the world

11/08/2004 14:02

Pentagon warned about the risk represented for the worldwide civil aviation by the MANPADS (Man-Portable Air Defence System). The portable surface-to-air missiles considered as out of the governmental... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Grob-Werke model G-120A airplanes

Washington, Usa - To detect and correct any disbonding/crack in the area between the vertical stabilizer main spar and nearby stabilizer skin, which could result in possible structural failure

11/05/2004 17:07

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 213)] [Page 64251-64253] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Gulfstream model GV and GV-SP series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent chafing of the electrical wires of the wiring harness against the crew oxygen bottle, which could result in electrical shorting and possible fire in the underfloor structure of the airplane

11/05/2004 17:07

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 213)] [Page 64255-64258] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-400 and -400D series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent ceiling panels from falling into the passenger cabin area in the event of failure of certain latch assemblies on the ceiling panels, which could result in consequent injury to the flightcrew and passengers

11/05/2004 17:07

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 213)] [Page 64253-64255] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationSwitzerland: risk of collision at the Zurich-Kloten Airport

Zurich, Switzerland - An airplane would have suddenly climbed again during landing while another aircraft was about to complete the takeoff procedure

11/04/2004 19:30

A collision between a Swiss International Air Lines' Avro 100 and an Emirates' Airbus A-330 was avoided at the Swiss Zurich-Kloten Airport on last October 31. Whereas the Jumbolino was about to complete... more

Civil aviationRussia: details on the Israeli nuclear arsenal

Moscow, Russia - According to an analyst of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, Israel would own some 150-200 nuclear warheads

11/04/2004 17:27

Vladimir Novikov, an expert from the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies, would have stated during a conference dedicated to the theme of the nuclear proliferation in the Middle Eastern area, that... more

Civil aviationIAEA: "Iran has not nuclear technology for military deployment"

Teheran, Iran - It is what the Agency would be about to state officially though it admitted that the industrial effort is an extortionate one

11/04/2004 16:41

Representatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would be about to unveil officially that the investigation performed for the Iranian nuclear plants under development, would not show... more

Civil aviationSwitzerland: an exercise against terrorism

Berna, Switzerland - In order to verify operational and strategical procedures and collaboration of internal and external services

11/03/2004 20:32

Yesterday in Berna, within an exercise against terrorism, a kidnapping has been simulated: the hostage taking has been carried out by a group that asked for the liberation of some political fellows prisoner... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-400 and -400F series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent cracked/fractured side guide support fittings in the lower lobe cargo compartments, which could result in unrestrained cargo shifting in flight and damaging the airplane structure or systems, and consequent reduced

11/03/2004 14:32

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 211)] [Page 63443-63445] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Fokker model F27 Mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent diminished control of the airplane in turbulence or total loss of roll control for the affected wing

11/03/2004 14:20

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 211)] [Page 63439-63440] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH model EC-135 P1, P2, T1, and T2 helicopters

Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the strut and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter

11/03/2004 14:17

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 211)] [Page 63442-63443] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Bell Helicopter Textron Canada model 206L-1 and 206L-3 helicopters

Washington, Usa - To detect loose adjustable stop screws, that could result in limiting the travel of the cyclic and collective arm assembly, and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter

11/03/2004 14:17

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: November 2, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 211)] [Page 63440-63442] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA (Embraer) model EMB-135 and -145 series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To detect and correct fatigue cracking of the wing trunnion fittings or adjacent structure, which could result in failure of the main landing gear, consequent damage to surrounding structure, and possible loss of control of the plane

11/02/2004 17:58

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 209)] [Page 63053-63054] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on MD Helicopters, Inc. model 600N helicopters

Usa - To prevent failure of the fuselage Station 75 control support bracket assembly (control support bracket) and subsequent loss of control of the helicopter

11/02/2004 17:58

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 29, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 209)] [Page 63054-63055] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationItalian-Russian cooperation for dismantling mass destruction weapons

Moscow, Russia - Russian Government is ready to start the related procedures with the Italian contribution

11/02/2004 17:25

Russia is waiting for getting together with Italy a wide dismantling process started with reference to the weapon systems endowed with a nuclear and chemical warhead. The effort was based on an agreement... more

Civil aviationTons of explosive disappeared in Iraq: Pentagon puts forward the first explanation

Washington, Usa - Such material could have been transferred after an order by Saddam Hussein before the US forces arrived

11/02/2004 14:34

After the denounce of the disappearance of tons of explosive material from an Iraqi depot (see for details AVIONEWS), the current US Government wonders about the causes which could have somehow determined... more

Civil aviationUSA: warning to North Korea against the export of missile technology

Washington, USA - The Asian country would be still considered as a serious threat for the international security

11/02/2004 12:55

The United States have commented again regarding the nuclear proliferation risk represented by the North Korean programmes. After the relaunch of the diplomatic talks in order to try to face this situation... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 747-400, -400D, and -400F series airplanes equipped with General Electric (GE) or Pratt & Whitney (P&W) series engines

Washington, Usa - To address the identified unsafe condition

10/29/2004 14:44

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 208)] [Page 62803-62805] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Dornier model 328-100 and -300 series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent the failure of critical ice protection systems following a lightning strike, which could result in reduced controllability and degraded performance of the airplane in the event of an encounter with icing conditions

10/29/2004 14:44

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 208)] [Page 62805-62806] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Bombardier model CL-600-2B19 (Regional Jet Series 100 & 440) airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent disconnection of an air supply duct, which, if combined with failure of a bulkhead check valve, could result in rapid depressurization of the airplane

10/29/2004 14:44

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 28, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 208)] [Page 62807-62809] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationNorway: Accident Investigation Board denounces cases of airprox

Oslo, Norway - Military pilots would have been responsible for not having honoured the safety distance regarding commercial flights in several cases

10/28/2004 17:07

Norwegian Accident Investigation Board (AIB), the authority which attends to investigations concerning air accidents, would have recently warned with reference to the military airplanes' activities, as... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Various Transport Category Airplanes on Which Cargo Restraint Strap Assemblies Have Been Installed per Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) ST01004NY

Washington, Usa - To prevent shifting or unrestrained cargo in the cargo compartment, which could cause an unexpected change in the airplane's center of gravity, damage to the airplane structure and/or flight control system, a hazard to the flightcrew,

10/28/2004 15:10

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 207)] [Page 62566-62567] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Raytheon (Beech) model MU-300-10, 400, 400A, and 400T series airplanes; and Raytheon (Mitsubishi) model Beech MU-300 airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent the accumulation of fuel and/or fuel vapor in the spoiler mixer bay and/or the aft fuselage compartment, which could result in a fire in the airplane

10/28/2004 13:58

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Civil aviationFAA AD on Boeing model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To find and fix discrepancies of the fuselage skin, which could result in fatigue cracking due to cabin pressurization, and consequent rapid in-flight decompression of the airplane fuselage

10/28/2004 13:55

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 207)] [Page 62567-62569] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on General Electric Company (GE) CF6-80C2 turbofan engines

Washington, Usa - To prevent blade separation from HPT S2 NGV distress, which could result in an uncontained engine failure

10/28/2004 13:55

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 27, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 207)] [Page 62571-62574] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationBrussels: as a precaution 200 parrots found in the airport have been eliminated

Brussels, Belgium - They were in the same area of two eagles infected by avian flu

10/27/2004 20:24

At Brussels Airport 200 parrots have been found in the same area where were two eagles infected by avian flu, which were recovered on October 18, in the baggage of a Thai passenger: fowls have been eliminated... more

Civil aviationRussia, USA and South Korea: meetings to solve the North Korean nuclear matter started again

Seoul, South Korea - Diplomatic representatives from the three countries gathered today to try to schedule new six-nation talks

10/27/2004 17:56

Diplomatic representatives coming form Russia and the United States are trying to get the six-nation talks started again in order to solve the North Korean matter. A meeting scheduled in Seoul for today,... more

Civil aviationAir control centre on Venda Mountain: 20 Italian soldiers would have died due to cancer

Padua, Italy - Amianthus could exist not only in the gallery but also in the entire structure

10/27/2004 17:32

Padua military Judge is carrying on investigation regarding the presence of amianthus at the Italian Air Force air control centre on the Venda Mountain (see for details AVIONEWS). Deceased soldiers due... more

Civil aviationGB: airports have to invest in air traffic control tools

London, United Kingdom - A Civil Aviation Authority report denounced it

10/27/2004 17:26

A report of the British Civil Aviation Authority denounces that on the English runaways could verify what happened in Linate Airport, October 8, 2001: increasingly, aircraft home in other plane's flightpath.... more

Civil aviationFAA AD (Correction) on Boeing model 737-100, -200, -200C, - 300, -400, and -500 series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To prevent failure of the outer and inner hinge pins due to corrosion or cracking, which could allow the pins to migrate out of the joint and result in intermittent movement of the horizontal stabilizer structure and consequent loss o

10/27/2004 13:53

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 206)] [Page 57632-57636] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD on Cessna Aircraft Company models 190, 195 (L-126A,B,C), 195A, and 195B airplanes

Washington, Usa - To detect and correct corrosion damage to the inboard aileron hinge brackets

10/27/2004 13:53

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 206)] [Page 62396-62399] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationFAA AD (Correction) on Bombardier model CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700 & 701), and CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) series airplanes

Washington, Usa - To detect and correct cracking in any primary fuel ejector, which could cause fuel leakage into the center fuel tank, and could result in engine shutdown during flight

10/27/2004 13:53

Airworthiness Directive Federal Register Information [Federal Register: October 26, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 206)] [Page 62400-62401] Header Information DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal... more

Civil aviationEuropean Constitution: the overflight restrictions over Rome

Rome, Italy - A 5 miles range no-fly-zone for all the non-authorized aircraft and up to 35 miles for the tourism airplanes

10/27/2004 12:44

The security measures adopted on the occasion of the sign of the treaty on the new European Constitution scheduled for next October 29 in Rome have been recently updated, compared with what already indicated... more