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OWNER/EXT Reporting A/L : ALL TFU ISSUE DATE : Jul 1994 IMPACT ON : LINE MAINTENANCE
PALOMEQU A/C affected : A330, A340 TFU FIRST ISSUE DATE : Feb 1994 EFFECT ON FLIGHT : NO
Tel : TFU NEXT ISSUE DATE : CATEGORY : ECONOMIC
Fax : Engine affected : ISSUE NB : 03 VISIBILITY ON PAX : NO

DESCRIPTION : SERVICE BULLETIN

FURTHER TO SEVERAL DRAINING OPERATIONS, IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT THE Airbus
REMOTE WATER DRAIN VALVES ARE NOT AT THE LOWEST POINTS OF THE TANKS. Ref. Rev. Date AIB Mod
28-3009 (A330) 00 Iss 30-Jun-1994 42708
Emb. Point :
CONSEQUENCES : 28-4023 (A340) 00 Iss 30-Jun-1994 42923
N/A Emb. Point :

Vendor
INVESTIGATION STATUS :
N/A RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION

Airbus OPS documentation

INTERIM SOLUTION : Airbus Maintenance documentation
N/A
Other documentation

MAINTENANCE ADVICE :
VENDOR and P/N affected
NONE

OPS ADVICE :
N/A

REPERCUSSION ON A/C DISPATCH :

N/A

PERMANENT OR FINAL SOLUTION :

IN ORDER TO DRAIN THE TANKS COMPLETELY, IT IS NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE A/C
ATTITUDE, I.E. BY LIFTING THE NLG.
IN ORDER TO OPTIMIZE THE DRAINING PROCEDURE, THE WING WATER DRAIN PICK UP
R POINTS HAVE BEEN RELOCATED, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ACTUAL A/C ATTITUDE
R ONGROUND. AIRBUS S/B TO HAS BEEN ISSUED END OF JUNE 1994 (SAME S/B
THAN THE NEW SCAVENGE SYSTEM S/B).

WATER DRAINING PROCEDURE TFU REF : 28.11.00.003 TFU STATUS : CLOSED/SOLUTION AVAILABLE