Transportation Department Docket FAA-2024-2387 Final Rule

2025-22163: Special Conditions: Airbus Models A321 neo ACF and A321 neo XLR; Single-Occupant Oblique Seats With Pretensioner Restraint Systems; Correction

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Summary

The FAA published a document in the Federal Register on December 13, 2024, issuing special conditions for oblique (side-facing) passenger seats which include a 3-point restraint system with pretensioner. The document references an incorrect special condition number.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

319 words as published, December 08, 2025. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 233 (Monday, December 8, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 233 (Monday, December 8, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 56662-56663] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-22163] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 25 [Docket No. FAA-2024-2387; Special Conditions No. 25-870-SC] Special Conditions: Airbus Models A321 neo ACF and A321 neo XLR; Single-Occupant Oblique Seats With Pretensioner Restraint Systems; Correction

Agency

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

Action

Final special conditions; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The FAA published a document in the Federal Register on December 13, 2024, issuing special conditions for oblique (side-facing) passenger seats which include a 3-point restraint system with pretensioner. The document references an incorrect special condition number.

Dates

This correction is effective on December 8, 2025.

For Further Information Contact

Michael H. Harrison, Technical Writing Section, AIR-646, Integration and Performance Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft Certification Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 2200 S 216th Street, Des Moines, WA; telephone (206) 231-3368; email [email protected].

Supplementary Information

Background On December 9, 2024, the FAA issued final special conditions for the Airbus [[Page 56663]] Models A321 neo ACF and A321 neo XLR with single-occupant oblique seats with pretensioner restraint systems, which published in the Federal Register on December, 13 2024 (89 FR 100727). The original special conditions used an incorrect special condition number. The correct number should be Special Conditions No. 25-870-SC. Correction In the Federal Register of December 13, 2024 (89 FR 100727), make the following correction: On page 100727, in the first column, in the preamble section, correct ``[Docket No. FAA-2024-2387; Special Conditions No. 25-871- SC]'' to read ``[Docket No. FAA-2024-2387; Special Conditions No. 25- 870-SC]''. Issued in Kansas City, Missouri on December 3, 2025. Patrick R. Mullen, Manager, Technical Policy Branch, Policy and Standards Division, Aircraft Certification Service. [FR Doc. 2025-22163 Filed 12-5-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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