Oxygen generators on more than 2,600 Boeing 737 family aircraft must be inspected “immediately” to ensure they are in good condition, the US aviation regulator (FAA) said in an Airworthiness Directive (AD) on Monday.
According to the FAA, this inspection must be carried out “within 120 to 150 days” on “certain Boeing 737-8, 9, -8200, -700, -800 and -900ER” aircraft, i.e. both older and newer generations. Some 2,612 aircraft registered in the United States will be inspected, but the affected aircraft will not be grounded in the meantime.
Various reports
The directive concerns the system of oxygen masks made available to passengers in the event of cabin depressurization during the flight.
This comes, according to the regulator, from several reports that passenger service units (PSUs) – equipment located above seats with lighting, ventilation and from which oxygen masks drop in case of emergency – were moved due to a “catch failure”.
Source: BFM TV
