FAA Adopts New Airworthiness Directive for Bombardier Airplanes to Address Unreliable Airspeed Issue

Summary

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) for Bombardier, Inc.'s Model CL-600-1A11, CL-600-2A12, and CL-600-2B16 airplanes to address the loss of air data system information due to icing at high altitudes, which can cause unstable airspeed and attitude.