FAA Orders Oxygen Cylinder Upgrades for Airbus A350 Planes
Published Date: 3/18/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
If you fly or work with Airbus A350-941 and -1041 planes, listen up! The FAA wants to update safety rules to replace old oxygen cylinder parts with new, improved ones that work better and keep everyone safer. This means checking and swapping parts soon, and no more using the old versions—so airlines should plan for some updates and costs ahead.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Improved crew oxygen safety
If you fly on or work aboard Airbus A350-941 or A350-1041 airplanes, the FAA proposes replacing the affected crew oxygen cylinder assemblies with a redesigned assembly that the supplier introduced to ensure correct system function. The proposed AD is intended to address an unsafe condition and would continue required inspections and replacements from AD 2020-03-14.
Mandatory cylinder replacement for A350s
If you operate or maintain Airbus A350-941 or A350-1041 airplanes, the FAA proposes to require replacement of all affected crew oxygen cylinder assemblies with redesigned parts and to prohibit reinstalling the old affected parts. The proposal would also continue the inspections and replacement actions required by AD 2020-03-14. The summary of the proposal notes that airlines should plan for updates and costs ahead.
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