European Aviation Safety Agency
The centrepiece of the European Union's strategy for aviation safety.
To maintain a high level of civil aviation safety a reporting system of safety information is essential for the implementation of an effective Safety Management System by approved organisations. This is a part of the European Aviation Safety Programme and in the establishment of State Safety Programmes by Member States. read more
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| 08/02/2012 |
EASA mandates further inspections of the wings of A380
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published Wednesday 8 February 2012 an Airworthiness Directive to mandate a so-called High Frequency Eddy Current inspection of the wings of Airbus A380 in service. This directive is a second interim measure to prevent any unsafe conditions following a first directive issued 3 weeks ago. Aircraft that have accumulated less than 1216 flights will have to be inspected upon accumulation of 1300 flights. Aircraft between 1216 and 1384 flights are to be inspected within six weeks of 13 February 2012. Aircraft that have completed more than 1384 flights will have to be inspected within three weeks of this date. EASA and Airbus are working closely together to ensure the continuing safe operations of the A380 aircraft type. In accordance with EASA, Airbus has established a repair scheme if cracks are found during the inspection. In parallel EASA and Airbus are working on a long-term fix to be defined by the summer of 2012 . |
| 03/02/2012 | The Agency proposes to issue a Certification Memorandum on Non-Hazardous Shaft Failures (EASA Proposed CM-PIFS-003 Issue 01). The related document is available for public consultation under Current consultations page |
| 03/02/2012 | The agency issued a Type Certificate to the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC) for the RRJ-95B known as Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ 100) aircraft. This EASA certificate recognises that SCAC has demonstrated compliance for this aircraft with the EASA Type Certification Basis with applicable airworthiness and environmental requirements. Click here for the press release. |
| 02/02/2012 | The Agency published today its final Opinion (Opinion 01/2012) on the OPS requirements for non-commercial operations. This concludes a rulemaking process that was started in 2006. The rules distinguish between general aviation with non-complex aircraft and general or business aviation with complex aircraft. It is the first time that Europe will have harmonised operational requirements for this aviation sector. The Opinion is sent to the Commission which will adopt these rules. |
| 26/01/2012 | EASA today published the Comment Response Document (CRD 2011-05) on implementing rules on Third Country Operators (TCO) engaged in Commercial Air Transportation (CAT) in Europe. The CRD is available for comments by all stakeholders until 26 March 2012. |
| 23/01/2012 | EASA POA section has developed a user guide available in the Production Organisations page in order to support POA application and POA process |
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