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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 135 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage of less than 20 passengers or cargo

Subpart 5 : Aeroplane Instruments and Equipment

135.05.12 Flight recorders utilising data link technology

 

(1) All aeroplanes for which the individual certificate of airworthiness was first issued after 1 January 2016, which utilise any of the data link communications applications listed in Document SA-CATS 135 and are required to carry a CVR shall record on a flight recorder, all data link communications messages.

 

(2) All aeroplanes which are modified on or after 1 January 2016 to install and utilise any of the data link communications applications listed in Document SA-CATS 135 and are required to carry a CVR shall record on a flight recorder the data link communications messages.

 

(3) Sufficient information to derive the content of the data link communications message and, whenever practical, the time the message was displayed to or generated by the crew, shall be recorded.