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• n  fitness to fly
  the plane received a certificate of airworthiness

• After investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board sent a number of recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration for implementation as an "airworthiness .
• Why, then, did the company oppose an airworthiness directive to improve the cargo door after the investigation into the Windsor incident and request less fundamental changes instead.
• The FAA followed that with what it calls "phase two," where its inspectors are reviewing 10% of all airworthiness directives per fleet to determine compliance.

News & Articles

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• EU to levy 4.7 percent duty on jet fuel imports from Mideast
  By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union will impose a 4.7 percent duty on jet fuel imports from the Middle East starting next year, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that could significantly increase costs for the EU's embattled airlines. Last month, EU officials said jet fuel imports could dodge the new tariff thanks to a waiver known as airworthiness certificates or EASA Form ...
  June 12, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Joel Fitzgibbon in International Herald Tribune
  The airworthiness and crash worthiness of the aircraft was not up to 21st century standards and it was pretty clear the capability was not likely to be delivered in full,Fitzgibbon said.