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Federal Aviation Administration

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IDocket No. FAA-201fl-,...('***; Directorate Identifier 2009-NM-257-AD;

Amendment 39-*****; AD 200*-**-**)

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Airworthiness Directives;"'Portablc Halon 1211 Fire Extinguisher, as Installed on

Various Transport Airplanes, Small Airplanes, and Rotorcraft

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation

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condition on an aviation product. The MeAl describes the unsafe condition as:

above. This AD results from mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MeAl)

originated by an aviation authority of another country to identify and correct an unsafe

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The Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom (UK) has infonned

EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) that significant quantities of

Halon 121l gas, determined to be outside the required specification, have

been supplied to the aviation industry for use in fire extinguishing

equipment. >:< * *

SUMMARY: We areadopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products liste

* * * This Halon 1211 has subsequently been used to fill certam FFE [Fire

Fighting Enterprises] portable cabin and toilet compartment fire

extinguishers that are now likely to be installed 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
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