FAA warns over airspeed sensors on Boeing 787 aircraft
US Federal aviation regulators have issued a safety directive warning pilots flying Boeing's 787 jetliners to avoid abrupt flight-control commands in the event of unreliable airspeed indications. Following nonbinding recommendations that Boeing issued earlier in March to 787 operators world-wide, the FAA Thursday alerted cockpit crews that excessive pilot inputs under some circumstances amount to a safety hazard because they "could exceed the structural capability of the airplane." The agency ordered changes to the aircraft's flight manual by the end of April, as an interim step while Boeing works on permanent modifications to the "crew alerting system, flight control system and air data system that will address the unsafe condition." <br/>
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FAA warns over airspeed sensors on Boeing 787 aircraft
US Federal aviation regulators have issued a safety directive warning pilots flying Boeing's 787 jetliners to avoid abrupt flight-control commands in the event of unreliable airspeed indications. Following nonbinding recommendations that Boeing issued earlier in March to 787 operators world-wide, the FAA Thursday alerted cockpit crews that excessive pilot inputs under some circumstances amount to a safety hazard because they "could exceed the structural capability of the airplane." The agency ordered changes to the aircraft's flight manual by the end of April, as an interim step while Boeing works on permanent modifications to the "crew alerting system, flight control system and air data system that will address the unsafe condition." <br/>
