
Safety & Regulation
FAA Proposes Replacing Evacuation Slides on 1,998 US-Registered A320-Family Jets After Slides Failed to Inflate
The FAA's proposed airworthiness directive would make US operators of Airbus A318, A319, A320 and A321 jets replace door evacuation slides whose inflation-hose connector can fracture and separate. Comments are open until November 30, 2026.
17 October 2026 · 9 minRajkumar Agarwal