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Special Conditions: Airbus Model A321neo Extra-Long Range (XLR) Airplane; Cabin Evacuation-Protection From Fuel Tank Explosion Due to External Fuel-Fed Ground Fire
The Federal Aviation Administration published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on May 7, 2024. Comments closed on June 21, 2024.
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What the agency says
This action proposes special conditions for the Airbus Model A321neoXLR airplane. This airplane will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the technology envisaged by the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. This design feature is an integral rear center tank (RCT). The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for fire-safety performance of fuel-tank skin or structure in a post-crash external fuel-fed ground fire. These proposed special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-09660
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Notice of proposed special conditions
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration
- Published
- May 7, 2024
- Comments due
- June 21, 2024
- Dates
- Send comments on or before June 21, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FAA-2023-2412; Notice No. 25-23-06-SC
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 14 CFR 25
- Topics
- Aircraft; Aviation safety; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 4
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