Minimum equipment list
From EUROCONTROL ATM Lexicon
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Abbreviation
MEL
Definition
A list which provides for the operation of aircraft, subject to specified conditions, with particular equipment inoperative, prepared by an operator in conformity with, or more restrictive than, the MMEL established for the aircraft type.
Definition Source
ICAO (2011), Official term and definition added to PANS-TRG by Amdt 1 (Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Training), also found in ICAO Annex 6 (2010), Operation of aircraft
