WASHINGTON, April 7 -- 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 April 7 by Lona C. Saccomando, Acting Deputy Director, Integrated Certificate Management Division, Aircraft Certification Service.
Summary: The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of fatigue cracks found on the thrust reverser (TR) outer V-blade (OVB) during scheduled maintenance and inspections. This proposed AD would require repetitive inspections of the upper, center, and lower segments of the OVB and the ...