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airworthiness directive

airworthiness directive noun: a regulation issued by the civil aviation authority of a country or region, generally in response to the discovery of an unsafe condition affecting particular aircraft, requiring that certain actions (such as specified modifications or enhanced maintenance or inspection requirements) be performed on these aircraft in order for them to remain legally airworthy.

Noun

airworthiness directive (plural airworthiness directives)

  1. A regulation issued by the civil aviation authority of a country or region, generally in response to the discovery of an unsafe condition affecting particular aircraft, requiring that certain actions (such as specified modifications or enhanced maintenance or inspection requirements) be performed on these aircraft in order for them to remain legally airworthy.
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Synonyms of airworthiness directive

Forms of airworthiness directive

pluralairworthiness directives

Questions about airworthiness directive

What does airworthiness directive mean?
Airworthiness directive means a regulation issued by the civil aviation authority of a country or region, generally in response to the discovery of an unsafe condition affecting particular aircraft, requiring that certain actions (such as specified modifications or enhanced maintenance or inspection requirements) be performed on these aircraft in order for them to remain legally airworthy.
What part of speech is airworthiness directive?
Airworthiness directive is a noun.
What is the plural of airworthiness directive?
The plural of airworthiness directive is airworthiness directives.

Words near airworthiness directive in the dictionary

  1. airwomen
  2. airwood
  3. airworthier
  4. airworthiest
  5. airworthiness
  6. airworthiness directive
  7. airworthiness directives
  8. airworthy
  9. airworthyness
  10. airwound
  11. airy

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