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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

135.05.14 Equipment requirements for aeroplanes on long range over-water flights

 

(1) In addition to the equipment prescribed in regulation 135.05.13(1), the following equipment shall be installed in all aeroplanes when used over routes on which the aeroplane may be over water and at more than a distance corresponding to 120 minutes at cruising speed or 400 nm, whichever is the lesser, away from land suitable for making an emergency landing in the case of aeroplanes operated in accordance with 135.05.13(2)(a), and 30 minutes or 100 nm, whichever is the lesser, for all single-engine landplanes—
(a) life-saving rafts in sufficient numbers to carry all persons on board, stowed so as to facilitate their ready use in an emergency, provided with such life-saving equipment, including means of sustaining life as is appropriate to the flight to be undertaken; and
(b) equipment for making distress signals.

 

(2) Each life jacket and equivalent individual flotation device shall be equipped with a means of electric illumination for the purpose of facilitating the location of persons.

 

(3) The life raft, survival radio equipment and information requirements for such extended over-water flights shall be as prescribed in technical standard 91.04.28 of Document SA-CATS 91.

 

 


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