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AD 2025-02143

Published 2025-02-04 · 4 models · 214 US-registered tails affected · Federal Register

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Abstract

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of operators receiving No. 1 flight compartment windows that may not meet type design requirements for withstanding a bird impact. This AD requires replacing affected No. 1 flight compartment windows and prohibits the installation of affected windows. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

Applicability · by US fleet size

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 4, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 8876-8878] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-02143]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. FAA-2024-1303; Project Identifier AD-2023-01252-T; Amendment 39-22933; AD 2025-01-09] RIN 2120-AA64

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and 787-10 airplanes. This AD was prompted by a report of operators receiving No. 1 flight compartment windows that may not meet type design requirements for withstanding a bird impact. This AD requires replacing affected No. 1 flight compartment windows and prohibits the installation

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of affected windows. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

DATES: This AD is effective March 11, 2025. The Director of the Federal Register approved the incorporation by reference of a certain publication listed in this AD as of March 11, 2025.