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April 17, 2007

AD: Rolls-Royce

AD NUMBER: 2006-11-05R1 MANUFACTURER: Rolls Royce SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2006-11-05R1 SUMMARY: The FAA is revising an existing airworthiness directive (AD) for Rolls-Royce plc (RR) RB211-22B series, RB211-524B, -524C2, -524D4, -524G2, -524G3, and -524H series, and RB211-535C and-535E series turbofan engines with high pressure compressor (HPC) stage 3 disc assemblies, part numbers (P/Ns) LK46210, LK58278, LK67634, LK76036, UL11706, UL15358, UL22577, UL22578, and UL24738 installed. That AD currently requires removing from service certain disc assemblies before they reach their full published life if not modified with anticorrosion protection.

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FAA Calls On Boeing To Conduct Special 787 Fuel Tank Testing

Agency Wants To Confirm Fire-Suppression Safety Of Composites

The FAA has spoken... and the agency says Boeing needs to demonstrate its upcoming, composite-bodied 787 Dreamliner offers a level of fuel-tank fire suppresion safety comparable to aluminum-bodied airliners.

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NTSB's Rosenker Repeats Call For Improved Runway Safety

Cites Tenerife Accident Before AAAE Conference

On Monday, National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Mark V. Rosenker told a gathering of airport executives that prompt action is needed to prevent potentially catastrophic accidents on the nation's runways.

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Jetstar's Troubles Continue

Aussie Carrier Out After Curfew

Qantas' upstart low-cost carrier, Jetstar, is having a difficult teething period. Months after a Jetstar jet broke down at Honolulu Airport stranding about 300 Australian passengers for two days, another group of passengers was stranded in Australia when a Jetstar flight arrived at Sydney Airport after the airport's 11 pm curfew.

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Nuclear Capable Missile Forces Passenger Jet Diversion

New Delhi Insists all Aviation Authorities Notified Of Test

A Garuda Indonesia Boeing 747 carrying several hundred passengers last week was forced to turn around when controllers told the pilots a nuclear-capable ballistic missile had been launched in their vicinity.

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