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Defence Safety Authority

Service Inquiry - RAF Parachute instructor at RAF Weston on the Green

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DSA/SI/04/21/WOTG

Safety Recommendation: SR-DSA/SI/04/21/WOTG

Safety Recommendation Text

  • Coordinate with the Federal Aviation Authority to request an update to Technical Standard 135 by the Parachute Industries Association, in order to ensure clarity of the requirements of the standard.
  • Coordinate with the Federal Aviation Authority to either, request an update to the Federal Aviation Authority Technical Standard Order C23f, or consider the issue of a UK Technical Standard Order Authorisation (UKTSOA) to require parachute assembly manufacturers to provide evidence of gap analysis of safety critical parachuting equipment manufactured under obsolete standards.
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FAA have now taken safety intervention action and are directly speaking to the DSA

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