USA/1700
WTO/TBT
US United States of America
  • 49 - Aircraft and space vehicle engineering
2021-03-19
2021-02-19

Oblique (side-facing) seats with inflatable lapbelts; Aircraft and space vehicles in general (ICS 49.020)

Special Conditions: TC Inter-Informatics A.S., Airbus Model A330-243 Airplane; Single-Occupant, Oblique (Side-Facing) Seats With Inflatable Lapbelts (4 page(s), in English)

Final special conditions; request for comments - These special conditions are issued for the Airbus Model A330- 243 series airplane. This airplane, as modified by TC Inter-Informatics A.S. (TC Inter-Informatics), will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport-category airplanes. This design feature is single-occupant, oblique B/E Aerospace Super Diamond seats, equipped with inflatable lapbelts. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.