EASA today published its proposed airworthiness directive to return the 737 MAX to service that is similar to the one published by the FAA. This means that the European and US versions of the airplane will have no technical differences. It was initially expected that...
Continuing reliability issues that have plagued the Pratt & Whitney GTF geared turbofan engines are now impacting the A220 fleet at Swiss, which has been grounded for inspections. A third recent incident with the PW1524 engines powering the aircraft has led to a...
The FAA has issued a proposed airworthiness directive for the Prat & Whitney PW1100G engines that power the Airbus A320neo family. Engines for the A220 (nee C Series), Embraer E2 jets, and Mitsubishi SpaceJets are not impacted by this AD. The AD would require...
Another problem has emerged for Boeing, this time for both the 737MAX and 737NG aircraft. Boeing has discovered a problem with leading edge slat tracks manufactured by a supplier that may not have been properly heat treated, and need to be replaced as they could...
News The Cirrus Vision personal/business jet has been grounded by the FAA with an airworthiness directive related to the aircraft’s angle of attack vane. The Airworthiness Directive issued Thursday 18 April indicated that “the aircraft’s stall warning and protection...
