SUMMARY: “The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Model A300-600 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Instructions for Continued Airworthiness to incorporate new limitations for fuel tank systems. This proposed AD results from fuel system reviews conducted by the manufacturer. We are proposing this AD to prevent the potential of ignition sources inside fuel tanks, which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors caused by latent failures, alterations, repairs, or maintenance actions, could result in fuel tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane.” [Federal Register: December 14, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 240)][Proposed Rules][Page 75145-75147]
“The FAA has examined the underlying safety issues involved in fuel tank explosions on several large transport airplanes, including the adequacy of existing regulations, the service history of airplanes subject to those regulations, and existing maintenance practices for fuel tank systems…We have determined that the actions identified in this AD [Administrative Directive] are necessary to reduce the potential of ignition sources inside fuel tanks, which, in combination with flammable fuel vapors, could result in fuel tank explosions and consequent loss of the airplane.”
Related news, December 14, 2006 press release: U.S. Department of Transportation Certifies Airbus A380 – “The world’s largest commercial airliner is now cleared to fly passengers and cargo, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced, noting that the Department’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a Type Certificate for the double-decker Airbus A380 jet during Tuesday’s ceremony in Toulouse, France.”
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