Transport i infrastruktura · 17/06/2011

The Boeing Company Model 767 Airplanes: Revised Airworthiness Directive Replaces Repetitive Inspections and Requiring Replacement of Drain Tube Assemblies

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is revising an existing airworthiness directive for Boeing 767 airplanes, replacing repetitive inspections with a requirement to replace drain tube assemblies and installing an additional electrostatic bond path for certain inboard slat track drain tube assemblies, in response to reports of fuel leaks and potential fires near the engine exhaust nozzle.