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June 02, 2021

ICAO Pursuing Fact Finding Investigation Into Ryanair FR4978

Council Decided To Undertake A Fact-Finding Investigation Of This Event

The ICAO Council, last week, expressed its strong concern at the apparent forced diversion of Ryanair Flight FR4978, a commercial passenger aircraft flying in Belarus airspace on Sunday, 23 May 2021. At a special meeting convened, the ICAO Governing Body underlined the importance of establishing the facts of what happened, and of understanding whether there had been any breach by any ICAO Member State of international aviation law, including the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) and its Annexes.

AD 2021-10-26 Prompted By Reports Of DC Motor Pump (DCMP) Failures

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Bombardier, Inc., Model BD-100-1A10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of DC motor pump (DCMP) failures during production flight tests. This AD requires installing a redesigned DCMP electric motor assembly. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products. This AD is effective July 6, 2021.