AD 2021-24-12

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Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

AD Number
2021-24-12
Status
final_rule
Effective Date
Product Category
engine
Docket
Docket No. FAA-2021-0134
FR Citation
86 FR 73660

Applicability

TypeManufacturerModelDetails
aircraft Boeing Company Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

Unsafe Condition

ignition sources inside the fuel tanks and the increased flammability exposure of the center fuel tank caused by latent failures, alterations, repairs, or maintenance actions, which could result in a fuel tank explosion and consequent loss of an airplane; and to address potential loss of engine fuel suction feed capability, which could result in dual engine flameouts, inability to restart engines, and consequent forced landing of the airplane.

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Required Actions

revising the existing maintenance or inspection program, as applicable, to incorporate new or more restrictive airworthiness limitations, and accomplishing the airworthiness limitation instructions (ALI) tasks at the applicable initial compliance times after the airplane is returned to service.

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Compliance Time

Within 50 flight hours

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Affected Aircraft

The Boeing Company Model 777 airplanes.

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Retrieved: Apr 4, 2026

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