WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on March 18 by Lona C. Saccomando, Acting Deputy Director, Integrated Certificate Management Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
Summary: The FAA proposes to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2019-20-07, which applies to all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. AD 2019-20-07 requires repetitive operational checks of the leading edge (LE) outboard (OB) slats and applicable on-condition actions. AD 2019-20-07 also requires revising the airplane flight manual (AFM) to prohibit flap retraction under icing con...