U.S. Authorities Issue Directive on 787 ELTs

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday issued an airworthiness directive (AD) calling for either the removal or inspection of the Honeywell fixed emergency locator transmitter (ELT) in Boeing 787s. The AD stems from the July 12 fire aboard an Ethiopian Airlines 787 parked at London Heathrow Airport and follows a separate recommendation from the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) that operators of Boeing 787s disable the systems.