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A new FAA airworthiness directive effective October 1 requires rototest crack inspections at the bulk cargo door corners of 1,069 US-registered Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft, after a ground fatigue test found cracking Airbus had not expected at this stage of the fleet's life.
The FAA has proposed a new airworthiness directive requiring inspections of elevator buss assembly bearings on 95 US-registered Boeing 737-8, -9 and -8200 aircraft after reports the bearings may have been installed without required sealant during production.
A new FAA airworthiness directive, effective September 18, requires repetitive tests of ATR42-500 cargo-compartment ventilation shut-off valves after inspectors found some could fail to close during a smoke event, risking a fire that reignites in flight.
The FAA has proposed a new airworthiness directive for Dassault Falcon 6X, 7X, 900EX and 2000EX business jets after passenger seats slid on their tracks without anyone touching them, traced to ring brakes that were out of adjustment.
The FAA has proposed an airworthiness directive for 680 U.S.-registered Bombardier BD-100-1A10 (Challenger 300/350/3500) jets after reports of pitch upset when the autopilot disconnects while holding significant nose-up or nose-down elevator force.
The FAA has ordered inspections of 29 US-registered A318/A319/A320/A321 aircraft after tool-mark damage was found in main landing gear support rib lug bores, traced to a supplier's improper bushing-removal technique during assembly.
The FAA's new airworthiness directive for Airbus A350-1041 freighters and passenger jets targets fasteners installed without a chamfer under the head — a production-tooling slip on the structure that carries both engine pylons.
Ten months after a JetBlue A320 pitched itself downward at 36,000 feet, EASA has issued a follow-up directive, AD 2026-0134, refining how roughly 6,000 aircraft must be protected against the same failure.
The FAA has ordered inspections of Airbus AS350 and EC130 helicopters after reports that a coupling flange can be fitted upside down — a defect the agency says could cut power to the main rotor entirely.
The FAA is ordering repetitive inspections of the pilot cyclic stick tube on Bell 407 helicopters after a tube fractured in service — a part the pilot's control stick pivots on, whose failure could mean loss of control in flight.
A new FAA directive orders inspections of 471 US-registered 737 MAX jets — and 1,429 worldwide — for a fuselage crack that has never actually been found on a MAX. Here's why regulators aren't waiting for one.
A new FAA directive tightens wing-spar inspections on Textron's King Air 350 and 350C after the manufacturer found its own manual had the wrong intervals — with some aircraft given as little as 25 hours to comply.
The FAA's newest airworthiness directive targets a cold-working deviation on Airbus A321XLR fuselage frames — a defect that, left unchecked, could shorten the structure's fatigue life around the center fuselage.
The FAA has finalized an airworthiness directive requiring repetitive ultrasonic inspections on certain Boeing 787-8, -9 and -10 aircraft after manufacturing gaps around wing splice plates were found to exceed engineering tolerances, raising the risk of fatigue cracks.