Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

fice [ www.gpo.gov ] [FR Doc No: 2026-21009] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 39 [Docket No. FAA-2025-0204; Project Identifier AD-2024-00327-T] RIN 2120-AA64 Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT. ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that proposed to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) that would have applied to certain The Boeing Company Model 787-8, 787-9, and [[Page 65143]] 787-10 airplanes. The NPRM was prompted by reports that very high frequency (VHF) radio frequencies transfer between the active and standby windows of the tuning control panel (TCP) without flightcrew input. The uncommanded frequency changes could result in missed communications between the flightcrew and Air Traffic Control. The NPRM would have required updating the TCP operational software (OPS) and performing a software configuration check. Since issuance of the NPRM, the FAA has determined that the TCP OPS version specified in the NPRM does not correct the unsafe condition. Accordingly, the NPRM is withdrawn. DATES: As of October 14, 2026, the proposed rule, which was published in