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### DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 OU)'lNQ SYMilOl A~-II(P 

## • RIN 212()"AA64 Airworthiness Directives; SICLI Halon 1211 Portable Fire Extinguishers as Installed 0 

### Vanous Airplanes and Rotorcraft AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule; request for comments. 

### SUMMARY: We are adopting anew airworthiness directive (AD) for the products list O\1TlNQ SYMOOl above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MeAl) originated by an aviation authority of another country to 

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# • The Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom (UK) has informed EASA [European Aviation Safety Agency] that significant quantities of Halon 1211 gas, determined to be outside the required specification, have been supplied to the aviation industry for use in fire extinguishing equipment. 

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## • • • • • • • The Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom (UK) has informed EASA [European Aviation Safety Agency] that significant quantities of Halon 1211 gas, determined to be outside the required specification, have been supplied to the aviation industry for use in fire extinguishing equipment· •• above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MeAl)

"' •• This Halon 1211 has subsequently been used to fill PIN [part number] 170833784 portable fire-extinguishers that are now likely to be iO$talled in or carried on board aircraft. The contaminated nature of this gas, when used against a fire, may provide reduced fire suppression, endangering the safety of the aircraft and its condition on an aviation product, The MeAl describes the unsafe condition as: originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an tmSafe SUMMARY: We are adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation Airworthiness Directins; SICLI Halon 1211 Portable Fire Extinguishers as Installed on Various Airplanes and Rotorcraft 39·"****j AD 2010-**-**]



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