In the U.S., airliner safety involves information exchange among the manufacturer, the airline, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Results of airline inspections are reported to the manufacturer and the FAA and may result in service recommendations from the manufacturer and airworthiness directives from the FAA. Since 1985, Boeing has operated a system of inspecting long-service airliners, paying special attention to fatigue effects. Where corrosion cracks have been found unexpectedly early, the cause was usually corrosion. In 1988, the manufacturers, the FAA and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formed an aging aircraft task force which established working groups for each aircraft model. These groups can recommend mandatory actions to the FAA.
Aging Fleet: Maintaining Airworthiness
1990
4 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aircraft , Engineering Materials , Corrosion & Corrosion Inhibition , Transportation Safety , Air Transportation , Aircraft maintenance , Aircraft reliability , Aircraft safety , Corrosion prevention , Fatigue life , Aircraft structures , Aircraft survivability , Corrosion , Cracks , Metal fatigue , Service life , Accelerated life tests , Aircraft accidents , Boeing aircraft , Corrosion tests , Fatigue tests , Inspection , Structural reliability
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