FAA Issues NRPM to Require Greater Aircraft Protection from Explosives

The FAA has issued NPRM (notice of proposed rulemaking) to implement new requirements governing the design of transport category airplanes that would provide "greater protection of the cabin, flightdeck, and cargo compartments from the detonation of explosive or incendiary devices, penetration by projectiles, and intrusion by unauthorized persons."

The NPRM, which would adopt several International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards, also would require operators to establish a "least risk bomb location" on all affected airplanes.

The agency says the notice also discusses six proposed ACs (advisory circulars) and proposed changes to two existing ACs.

Comments on the NPRM are due before April 5, 2007.  01-06-2007.

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