Eiffelland's defence industries and civil aircraft industries (valid until 31JUL2020)

[Rheinbund]

RRF Flugzeugwerke

We are puzzled by the decisions of the CAA and the RAC regarding the RRF Ibis. We have been working on this plane during several years. Actually, the development of this plane took place before the Seven Days War. Originally, the introduction of this plane was planned in July last year. The argument that we did not test the plane thoroughly enough dure to the Seven Days War does not hold, because we tested it before that war. Furthermore, if there is one company that sticks to its standard operating procedures and the requirements described by the authorities, it is RRF Flugzeugwerke.
We invite representatives of the RAC to our facilities so that they can conduct all the investigations needed to prove that we followed all applicable procedures, and even more than that, during the development and testing of the RRF Ibis, as well as to show that the switch from military production back to civilian production has been performed correctly so that RRF Fleugzeugwerke is ready to build this new plane.
We thank the ENAC for their supportive words. We have all the trust in our products to guarantee that they won't violate your confidence.

 

[Serenierre]

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Civil Aviation Authority
Department of Air Safety

Official Statement​

The CAA has remains unconvinced by the explanations offered by the Eiffellander company in question. Unless the prerequisite standards are not demonstrated as having been met, the said aircraft is not suitable to fly over Serenien airspace. On account of the considerably advanced technology used in the IBIS aircraft, we are of the view that without significant testing the aircraft cannot be considered safe. Often, we have found, that advanced aircraft require more testing to ensure the complicated software on board does not cause problems.

 

[Touzen]

Civil Air Command
Office of Revolutionary Defense and Foreign Affairs
Forever Free
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CAC sees no reason to deny the licensed operation of Ibis aircraft in Anti-State airspace as no credible evidence has emerged implicating the aircraft in recorded disasters, nor do we have information that testing has been conducting in any way other than in accordance with established standards in international civil aviation. Unless information to the contrary emerges, airlines operating within the Anti-State are free to operate the Ibis, and Anti-State airspace remains open to those operating the Ibis but not maintaining operations within stateless territory itself.

We caution against political agendas harming global aviation as a whole. CAC is committed to free skies for free people.

 

[Rheinbund]

RRF Flugzeugwerke

The complete testing documentation of the Ibis will be available to the CAA, so that it can check that we followed all the applicable procedures.

We thank the CAC of the Anti-State for their assessment and their trust in our newest plane, and we fully agree with the remarks by the ENAC and the CAC that the determination of the airworthiness of a new plane should depend on technical assessments and not on political considerations.

 

[Oneida]

Republic Aviation Commission
Comisión de Aviación de la República

Upon concerns that the Seven Days War and subsequent mobilizations made under Government order, the Republic Aviation Commission temporarily suspended all purchases of the RRF Flugzeuwerke Ibis by Aurarian airlines and disallowed the plane to fly over Aurarian Airspace. The Commission announced that it would conduct a thorough review of the Ibis' manufacturing process, safety testing, and mechanics to produce our own report on the air craft's air worthiness. After completely an exhaustive report, the Commission is prepared to issue our policy on the RRF Flugzeuwerke Ibis, which is attached to this release.

Our engineers, in consultation with outside experts, discovered a problem with the airplane's lithium-ion batteries. Engineers of the CAR believe that the current design of the lithium-ion batteries aboard the Ibis is improper and can lead to a short circuit which can result in a fire. Engineers of the CAR have issued recommendations to solve this problem moving forward.

Despite the issue, the CAR concludes that such a design flaw is not sufficient to warrant further groundings of the Ibis. Therefore, once the Commission receives certification that the recommendations for repair are to be made, the Commission will resume normal sales of the Ibis and restore flight access.

The CAR would like to thank RRF Flugzeuwerke for its willingness and transparency in the investigation of this aircraft.

 

[Rheinbund]

Raimer und Rathenau Flugzeugwerke

We thank the CAR for the thoroughness of the report, and we are extremely shocked about the fact that this problem slipped through our tests. We offer our apologies for this. As a result of the report by the CAR, we will do the following:

1. The delivery of the RRF Ibis will be put on hold until the issue with the lithium-ion batteries outlined by the CAR has been solved.
2. The lithium-ion battery installation of the RRF Ibis will be redesigned according to the recommendations of the CAR. The new design will be discussed with the CAR, the Unionsluftverkehrssicherheitsamt of Eiffelland-Retalia and the air traffic authorities of all other countries in the world.
3. As soon as the short circuit problem in the lithium-ion batteries have been solved, we will first replace the lithium-ion batteries of all the existing planes free of charge and will then resume the delivery of the RRF Ibis. We advice airliners already flying with the RRF Ibis to wait with using this plane until the battery installation has been replaced. Costs resulting from such a measure will be reimbursed.
   
4. Because of this issue, all RRF Ibis planes ordered before 6 April 2019 will be delivered with a 10% discount on the price. Furthermore, 10% of the purchasing price of the RRF Ibis planes already delivered will be restituted.
5. We will start an internal investigation in order to find out why this problem in the lithium-ion batteries occurred, and why this problem was not detected during our tests. The purpose of this investigation will be to improve our design processes, our production processes and our testing procedures. This investigation will not be conducted to find the "culprits" of this problem; everybody involved must feel free to share all information he or she has, even if that includes indicating that he or she himself made a mistake. Should a lack of knowledge have been the cause of the problem, we will make sure that the persons involved will get additional education. Other personal causes of the problem will be solved with respect for the persons involved as well.

 

[Rheinbund]

Raimer und Rathenau Flugzeugwerke

We have found the issue in the lithium-ion battery installation of the RRF Ibis, and have sent our report to all air traffic safety authorities in the world. This report contains a detailed description of the problem with its root-causes, as well as a proposal for the correction of the problem and its root-causes, the protocols we followed to test our proposal, and the test results. Upon request by the air traffic safety authorities, we will send examples of the new lithium-ion batteries to them so that they can test themselves.

The investigation to find out why the problem with the lithium-ion batteries slipped through our tests led to a couple of changes in our standard operating procedures, as well as the hiring of extra personnel in order to reduce the work pressure. We are aware of the fact that hiring extra personnel leads to higher costs, but we consider this cost increase justifiable when it leads to an increase of the quality of our products. The new standard operating procedures are availble to the air traffic safety authorities for review and comment.

We thank the CAR of Auraria and the Unionsluftverkehrssicherheitsamt of Eiffelland-Retalia for cooperating with us to solve this issue.

@Auraria @Serenierre @Touzen @Lars