Business · 17/06/1997

FAA Proposes New Airworthiness Directive for British Aerospace Model BAe 146 and Model Avro 146-RJ Series Airplanes

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a new airworthiness directive requiring repetitive visual inspections of the top wing skins on certain British Aerospace Model BAe 146 and Model Avro 146-RJ series airplanes to detect and correct stress corrosion cracks, which could compromise the structural integrity of the wing.