How to Use airworthiness directive in a Sentence

airworthiness directive

noun
  • There were no outstanding airworthiness directives or minimum equipment list items, and all inspections were up to date.
    — New York Times, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Air India was compliant with all airworthiness directives and alert service bulletins on the aircraft, the report said.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 12 July 2025
  • The airworthiness directive calls for an ultrasonic inspection because the cracks and metal fatigue are not visible to the naked eye.
    — Rene Marsh and Gregory Wallace, CNN, 1 May 2018
  • An airworthiness directive from the European Union requires airlines to make the repairs before the planes can carry passengers again.
    — Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Tuesday’s order, known as an emergency airworthiness directive, requires an inspection process known as thermal acoustic imaging, or TAI, which is used to find cracks.
    — Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The airports that would face potential disruptions will be identified in future notices, according to the FAA order, known as an airworthiness directive.
    — Andrew Tangel, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The service bulletin that Boeing issued didn’t require plane owners to make repairs like an FAA airworthiness directive would, and the agency didn’t issue such a directive.
    — ABC News, 18 May 2026
  • The service bulletin that Boeing issued didn’t require plane owners to make repairs like an FAA airworthiness directive would, and the agency didn’t issue such a directive.
    — Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Recommendations include a new airworthiness directive for affected Max aircraft and a review of Boeing's safety culture.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • The airworthiness directive seeks to address that human factor, proposing not only changes to the aircraft design but also requiring a mandatory training program for pilots, including flight simulator training.
    — David Rising, Star Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The equipment was required to undergo annual testing, according to an airworthiness directive issued by the FAA in 2017.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The same family of engines experienced an unrelated safety problem five years ago, prompting a previous FAA airworthiness directive.
    — Andy Pasztor, WSJ, 12 Oct. 2017
  • For some, these issues have resulted in a raft of on-wing inspections, airworthiness directives, or extra unplanned visits to the shop, necessitating the addition of more engine MRO capacity.
    — Oliver Wyman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The incident prompted the FAA to temporarily ground some models of the plane and issue an emergency airworthiness directive requiring immediate inspections.
    — Lewis Kamb, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Shortly after the incident, the FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive requiring inspections.
    — Rene Marsh and Gregory Wallace, CNN, 1 May 2018
  • The cancellations are not the result of an emergency airworthiness directive Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration, the airline said.
    — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • That would include the company’s compliance with two recent Federal Aviation Administration issued airworthiness directives.
    — John Miller, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
  • The service bulletin Boeing issued didn’t require plane owners to make repairs as a Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive would, and the FAA didn’t issue such a directive.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 19 May 2026
  • The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is expected to issue an emergency airworthiness directive mandating the software change.
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025

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