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This document cancels an Australian aviation safety rule (Airworthiness Directive AD/OXY/18) that previously required specific actions regarding passenger emergency oxygen generators on aircraft.
What it does:
Who it affects:
Why it matters: This removes compliance burdens that were previously mandated. The cancellation follows a decision by the French aviation authority (Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile) to cancel their equivalent rule without replacement. Since the Australian requirement was originally based on the French regulation, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority has removed it from Australian law.
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Direct links to the current provisions in AD/OXY/18 - Passenger Emergency Oxygen Generators - CANCELLED.
| AD/OXY/18 | Passenger Emergency Oxygen Generators | 4/2005 |
|---|
| Requirement: | CANCELLED. |
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| This AD is cancelled on 14 April 2005. | |
| Note DGAC AD F-1998-301 R1 refers. | |
| Background: | The Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile of France has cancelled AD 1998-301 without replacement. |
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James Coyne
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
3 March 2005
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| AD/OXY/18 | Passenger Emergency Oxygen Generators | 4/2005 |
|---|
| Requirement: | CANCELLED. |
|---|---|
| This AD is cancelled on 14 April 2005. | |
| Note DGAC AD F-1998-301 R1 refers. | |
| Background: | The Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile of France has cancelled AD 1998-301 without replacement. |
James Coyne
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
3 March 2005