Originally Posted by
TwoStep
I am told that part of decision to lift the operational halt is because inspections have shown there is no connection to the bevel gear vertical shaft issues.
Since when has the CAA (UK & Norway) lifted the ban on EC225 public transport flights? As far as I can see UK CAA Safety Directive 2016/001 and Norwegian CAA Safety Directive 16/05616-1 are still in force as I write this.
Airbus never in fact grounded the aircraft. All they did was their usual pussyfooting around and issued a Safety INFORMATION Notice which indicated that AB "allied" themselves to the CAA directives which of course only applied to UK and Norway. I would be interested to see if all other national authorities other than UK and Norway have grounded aircraft under their jurisdiction.