Thu, Jul 08, 2004
And CASA Is Devising New Regulations To Accommodate The Jumbo
Jet
From CASA...
Australia is playing a key role in
the development of the world’s largest and most sophisticated
airliner – the Airbus A380.
Qantas is one of the first customers for the giant aircraft,
which is due to begin commercial service in early 2006. A key A380
wing component is being manufactured by Hawker de Havilland in
Sydney and Melbourne. And the Civil Aviation Safety Authority is
working on a range of complex regulatory issues to ensure the
aircraft meets the highest possible safety standards.
Details of Australia’s role in the development of the A380
are revealed in a story in the latest edition of CASA’s
flagship publication, Flight Safety Australia magazine. The story
says the advanced technologies used to build and operate the A380
are posing fundamental challenges to safety regulators across the
globe. It says regulatory authorities and airlines will be dealing
with the most complex civil aircraft, regarded by some people to be
outstripping current safety rules.
The main areas of interest for regulators are the A380s avionics
and software, emergency evacuation provisions and the use of
composite material such as glass fibre reinforced aluminium. To
meet the challenges posed by the A380, CASA has formed a special
team of experts who will learn all about the aircraft from the
ground up, including flying operations, maintenance and aerodrome
requirements.
CASA is committed to having solutions to the issues raised by
the A380 well before the first aircraft is delivered to Qantas in
the second half of 2006. The magazine article says CASA specialists
are also playing an important role in developing a maintenance
program for the world-wide A380 fleet in a cooperative effort with
Airbus and airlines.
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