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Kathleen
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Airframe & Powerplant Mechanic ✈️| Syracuse University🎓 | Ole Miss, Aviation Law | Commercial Committee Director, Jamaica Bobsled Federation 🇯🇲
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Hey babe, wake up. New proposed Boeing 787 quality control Airworthiness Directive just dropped.

"The FAA has received reports indicating multiple nonconformances, including excessive gaps and pull-up, were found during the assembly and installation of the [Forward Pressure Bulkhead]."
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SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This proposed AD was prompted by reports of multiple nonconformances, including excessive gaps and pull-up, found during the assembly and installation of the forward pressure bulkhead. This proposed AD would require an internal and external detailed inspection (DET) of the forward pressure bulkhead (FPB) for any damage and performing applicable on-condition actions. The FAA is proposing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products. Background The FAA has received reports indicating multiple nonconformances, including excessive gaps and pull-up, were found during the assembly and installation of the FPB. These conditions are caused by insufficient clamp-up and nonconformance to the manufacturing process requirements. Existing gaps were found between the Y-chords and attach angles common to fastener joints, which allow foreign object debris (FOD) to become trapped between the parts, and burrs to be present around the holes after drilling. This condition, if not addressed, could result in undetected fatigue cracks that can grow to weaken the primary structure where it cannot sustain limit load, which could adversely affect the structural integrity of the airplane.
March 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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March 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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As the A321XLR formally enters service today flying between Madrid and Boston with Iberia, here's what's going on underneath the hood of the updated Airbus single-aisle, courtesy of @theaircurrent.bsky.social.
November 14, 2024 at 9:47 PM