Federal Aviation Administration

=== Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) ===
A Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (commonly abbreviated as CANIC) is a notification from the FAA to civil airworthiness authorities of foreign countries of pending significant safety actions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_main.cfm?TabID=1&LLID=24&LLTypeID=10 |title=Lessons Learned |website=lessonslearned.faa.gov |access-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-date=June 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607171030/https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_main.cfm?TabID=1&LLID=24&LLTypeID=10 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The FAA Airworthiness Directives Manual,<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgOrders.nsf/0/66ddd8e1d2e95db3862577270062aabd/%24FILE/FAA-IR-M-8040_1C.pdf |title=Airworthiness Directives Manual |date=May 17, 2010 |publisher=FAA |pages=Chapter 6, section 8. Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) |id=FAA-IR-M-8040.1C |access-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806015859/https://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgOrders.nsf/0/66ddd8e1d2e95db3862577270062aabd/%24FILE/FAA-IR-M-8040_1C.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref> states the following:<blockquote>
8. Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC).

:a. A CANIC is used to notify civil airworthiness authorities of other countries of pending significant safety actions. A significant safety action can be defined as, but not limited to, the following:

::(1) Urgent safety situations;

::(2) The pending issuance of an Emergency AD;

::(3) A safety action that affects many people, operators;

::(4) A Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR);

::(5) Other high interest event (e.g., a special certification review). </blockquote>

==== Notable CANICs ====
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The FAA issued a CANIC to state the continued airworthiness of the [[Boeing 737 MAX]], following [[Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302|the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/CAN_2019_03.pdf |title=Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community |date=March 11, 2019 |publisher=FAA |access-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-date=November 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103142508/https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/CAN_2019_03.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/faa-says-reviewing-737-max-software-fix-is-an-agency-priority.html |title=FAA says reviewing 737 Max software fix is 'an agency priority' |last=LeBeau |first=Phil |date=March 20, 2019 |website=[[CNBC]]|language=en |access-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020192945/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/20/faa-says-reviewing-737-max-software-fix-is-an-agency-priority.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://time.com/5549342/boeing-737-airworthy-despite-crashes/ |title=FAA Says Boeing 737 MAX 8 Is 'Airworthy' Despite Second Crash |magazine=Time |language=en |access-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521190328/http://time.com/5549342/boeing-737-airworthy-despite-crashes/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/433465-former-faa-safety-inspector-urges-caution-over-boeing-737-ive-never |title=Former FAA safety inspector urges caution over Boeing 737: 'I've never, ever done this' |last=Rodrigo |first=Chris Mills |date=March 11, 2019 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|language=en |access-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-date=October 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020192945/https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/433465-former-faa-safety-inspector-urges-caution-over-boeing-737-ive-never |url-status=live}}</ref>

Another CANIC notified the ungrounding of the MAX, ending a 20-month grounding.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 18, 2020 |title=CANIC |url=https://www.faa.gov/foia/electronic_reading_room/boeing_reading_room/media/737_CAN-2020-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124073334/https://www.faa.gov/foia/electronic_reading_room/boeing_reading_room/media/737_CAN-2020-24.pdf |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |access-date= |website=Federal Aviation Administration}}</ref></blockquote>