Transponder AD, and Embraer's comment (IN the AD itself)

[gringo]

"Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) requests that we extend the compliance time for the AFM revision from 5 to 30 days. EMBRAER asserts that the loss of the transponder does not pose so great of a hazard to justify such an urgent compliance time. As justification for extending the compliance time, EMBRAER states that some of the affected airplanes might be on international trips, where it may not be possible to return an airplane to a convenient location and accomplish the AFM revision within 5 days after the effective date of this AD."

Now, I don't know if this is what actually happened or not; I'll let the authorities figure this one out, but this was taken directly out of the AD dated September 12th, to be in effect by October 17th.

It will be very interesting to watch this unfold.

http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory...2006-19-04.pdf

 

[starchkr]

This was actually the first thing i thought of when i read about the mid-air. Kinda funny how karma seems to have bitten them in the a$$ here...of course IF this is what happened, we will have to wait and see.