Restraint Equipment
Restraint Equipment
Restraint Equipment
| AD/RES/34 | Horizontal Net SRFW HN1 | 11/2007 |
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| Applicability: | Swiss Air-Ambulance Ltd (formerly SRFW) Horizontal Net SRFW HN1. These nets can be used as rescue equipment in various helicopter types. |
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| Requirement: | Further use in flight operations of the affected nets is prohibited, and the equipment must be removed from service.Note: Switzerland FOCA AD HB-2007-295 refers. |
| Compliance: | Within 30 days after 25 October 2007. |
| This Airworthiness Directive becomes effective on 25 October 2007. | |
| Background: | The original raw material for the production of the affected horizontal nets is no longer available. In 1990 the manufacturer changed to an alternative raw material in the production process. The material strength of the alternative raw material is unknown and is therefore considered as not approved and must be withdrawn from service. |
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David Villiers
Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
13 September 2007