Global Regulatory Update, Jan. 24-30, 2021

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore announced that the full scale vaccination of air crew and airport workers began Jan. 18.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0020 for ATR 72s, amending time limits and maintenance checks under certification maintenance requirements and airworthiness limitations, effective Jan. 29, 2021.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0018 for Airbus A350-1041s and -941s, requiring inspection and replacement of passenger door guide arms, effective Jan. 29, 2021.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0019 for A340-211s, -213s, -311s and -312s, requiring reinforcing the door frame of the type A emergency exit doors, effective Jan. 29, 2021.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0024 for ATR42-200s, -300s and -320s, requiring inspection and modification of angle of attack probe electrical routing and emending aircraft flight manual, effective Feb. 2, 2021.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0026 for Airbus A350-1041s and -941s, amending time limits and maintenance checks under airworthiness limitations section part 4, system equipment maintenance requirements, effective Feb. 3, 2021.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0028 for certain Airbus A340s, requiring modification of bottom wing skin panel, effective Feb. 4, 2021.

EASA has issued safety information bulletin 2021-01 for Collins Aerospace Very High Frequency Data Radios, regarding data link over very high frequency data link mode 2 operations.

EASA has issued airworthiness directive 2021-0029 for certain Airbus A340s, requiring modification of center wing spar to rib 1 attachment, effective Feb. 5, 2021.

The Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation has issued airworthiness directive 2020-FATA-01020A-06 for Sukhoi RRJ-95Bs and -95LR-100JSCs, requiring operational limitation of landing gear retraction-extension and nose wheel steering electronic control unit, effective April 15, 2021.

Transport Canada has issued airworthiness directive CF-2021-02 for Boeing 737-8s, requiring revising the MAX display system software through the incorporation and other actions, effective Jan. 18, 2021.