Magnesium alloys to be used in aircraft seats as ban is lifted [feedly]

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Magnesium alloys to be used in aircraft seats as ban is lifted
// Runway Girl

Aircraft seatmakers will soon start using lightweight, new-generation magnesium alloys in seat construction now that a long-standing ban has been lifted providing they meet strict flammability performance requirements.

On 14 August, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) – which develops standards for aviation – published SAE AS8049 Revision C, in which a key paragraph has been changed from reading that 'Magnesium alloys shall not be used' to the new wording: