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usual maximum load, provided the pallet stowing is completed by appropriate stowing straps.

            Note: DGAC AD 2002-367(B) R1 refers.

 Compliance: 1. a. Before further use after 3 October 2002.

              b. Within 30 days after 3 October 2002.

              2. For a period not to exceed 6 months after 3 October 2002, after which time retire nets from service.

            The compliance times remain unchanged by this Directive issue. This Amendment becomes effective on 20 March 2003.
            Background: Tests performed in accordance with NAS 3610 Specifications indicated that nets failed at loads much lower than the specified, or placarded maximum weight. The reinforced nets failed at values equivalent to 75% of the required test load. This condition, unless corrected, could result in a hazardous cargo shift in the case of severe in-flight turbulence.

            Amendment 1 is issued in response to a revision of the related DGAC AD which was prompted as a result of tests on nets 2KL and 2L3N conducted per JTSO C90c and TSO C90c being successfully performed on 26 July 2002. As the nets tested were strictly identical in their manufacture to nets 2K3N part number K1 13 01 2000 1300 A and 2L3N part number L1 13 01 2000 1300 A, formerly produced by GPI, these nets can now be used without restriction.

            The original issue of this Airworthiness Directive became effective on 3 October 2002.

 David Alan Villiers
 Delegate of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority 6 February 2003

 The above AD is notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 26 February 2003.