In The Wake Of AAL 587, One Expert Calls Dependence On Them
"Naive"
As ANN reported earlier on Tuesday, Airbus will recommend owners
of its A300-600s and A310s inspect the rudder assemblies of their
aircraft in the wake of an incident more than a week ago, where an
Air Transat A310 lost its rudder in flight. Now comes word that
some American Airlines pilots have demanded to be transferred off
Airbus duty. And there are nagging questions about those visual
inspections: Are they enough to ensure the aircraft's safety?
Acting out of "an abundance of caution," Airbus says it will
recommend visual and aural inspections of rudders aboard its
A300-600 and A310 aircraft. This, after the bizarre separation of
an entire rudder from the tail of an Air Transat flight at altitude
on its way from Cuba to Canada.
Harry Stonecipher, the Boeing president and CEO ousted earlier
this month in an embarrassing sex scandal involving another Boeing
executive, is undeterred in his criticism of the airline industry
-- and his suggestions about what that industry needs to fix
itself.
AD NUMBER: 2005-05-11
MANUFACTURER: AvCraft Aerospace GmbH
SUBJECT: Airworthiness Directive 2005-05-11
SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness
directive (AD) for certain Dornier Model 328-300 series
airplanes.
Read More
