FAA Extends Fuel Tank NPRM Comment Deadline

The FAA has extended the comment period on its NPRM (notice of proposed rulemaking) to incorporate technology to reduce flammability exposure in transport aircraft fuel tanks from March 23 to May 8.

The notice, published last November with an original deadline of March 23, would cover both new and in-production transport-category airplanes with a payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or more, as well as some 3,200 in-service Airbus and Boeing airplanes with center fuel tanks.

The NPRM deals with steps that, in combination with other required actions, are meant to greatly reduce the chance of a catastrophic fuel-tank explosion.  A number of parties requested the extension to allow comments relating to new information that has recently been placed in the public docket.  03-23-2006.

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