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

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 93 : Corporate Aviation Operations and High Performance Aircraft

Subpart 5 : Aircraft Instruments and Equipment

93.05.7 Equipment requirements for aeroplanes on long range over water flights

 

(1) In addition to equipment prescribed in regulations 91.04.24 and 91.04.25, the following equipment shall be installed in all aeroplanes when used over routes on which an aeroplane may be flown over water 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 regulation 91.04.25 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 a flight to be undertaken: and
(b) equipment for making distress signals.

 

(2) A life jacket and equivalent individual flotation device equipped with a means of electric illumination for the purpose of facilitating the location of persons shall be made accessible to every person on board an aeroplane engaged on long range over water flight.

 

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