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CASA EX123/16 - Repeal – exemption – from standard landing minima – Boeing 737 fail passive aircraft – Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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This instrument removes a special permission that previously allowed Virgin Australia Airlines to land certain Boeing 737 aircraft in poorer weather conditions than normally allowed by safety rules.

Specifically, it repeals (cancels) a previous CASA exemption (Instrument EX114/13) that had given Virgin Australia relief from standard landing minima requirements for their Boeing 737 aircraft equipped with "fail-passive" autopilot systems.

What this means:

Standard landing minima are the minimum visibility and cloud height requirements that aircraft must meet before they can legally land
Fail-passive refers to a type of autopilot system that disconnects if it malfunctions (rather than continuing to guide the aircraft)
By repealing this exemption, Virgin Australia must now comply with the standard weather minimum requirements for these aircraft unless they hold a different approval

The change took effect on 14 August 2016.

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Instrument number CASA EX123/16

I, GERARD JOHN CAMPBELL, Safety Assurance Senior Manager, Aviation Group, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed G.J. Campbell]

Gerard J. Campbell Safety Assurance Senior Manager Aviation Group

11 August 2016

Repeal – exemption – from standard landing minima – Boeing 737 fail‑passive aircraft – Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd

1 Commencement

This instrument commences on 14 August 2016.

2 Repeal

Instrument CASA EX114/13 is repealed.

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.