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Old 16th May 2005, 13:48
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They will probably pull more than an ace from their sleve; perhaps a whole deck as others are apparently doing. For example Johnsons Air, another Ghana registered carrier, has two (2) DC-8s which have been non-compliant with the DC-8 cargo door AD which became mandatory by the FAA on the 28 of January 2005. This is a massive structual AD which includes the cargo floor, sidewalls and forward bulkhead of all DC-8s which do not have the original factory doors from Douglas. Johnsons Air aircraft have the Rosenbaum doors and Monarch doors, both which are subject to the AD. Obviously, the Ghana CAA has no interest in inforcing this AD or others until such time that there is an inflight failure and the appropiate attention is attracted to the problem.
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