Singapore legislation

Regulation 80

of Air Navigation (125 — Complex General Aviation) Regulations 2018

Regulation 80

Flights over water — general requirements

Subregulation 1

A CGAC holder must ensure that every aircraft to be flown over water during a complex general aviation operation is equipped with —

(a)

a life jacket for every individual on board;

(b)

life rafts of sufficient numbers to carry every person on board; and

(c)

equipment for making the distress signals described in the Rules of the Air.

Subregulation 2

Every life jacket provided in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) —

(a)

must be equipped with a survivor locator light;

(b)

must be equipped with a whistle, except for a life jacket constructed and carried on board solely for the use by a child under 4 years of age; and

(c)

must be stowed in a place that is easily accessible from the seat or berth of the person for whom the life jacket is provided.

Subregulation 3

Every life raft provided in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) —

(a)

must be stowed in an accessible location so as to facilitate its ready use in the event of an emergency; and

(b)

must be provided with such life saving equipment as is appropriate to the flight to be undertaken, which may include a suitable means of sustaining life.

Subregulation 4

A CGAC holder must ensure that every life jacket, life raft or signalling device provided in accordance with this regulation and regulations 81 and 82 —

(a)

is installed in a conspicuously identified location with its contents clearly indicated; and

(b)

is easily accessible in the event of a ditching.