Singapore legislation
Regulation 88
of Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018
Regulation 88
Flights over water — aeroplanes
Subregulation 1
An operator of a Singapore registered single‑engine landplane must ensure that the landplane is equipped with a life jacket for each person on board if the landplane —
is to be flown en-route over water beyond gliding distance from the shore; or
is to take off or land at an aerodrome where, in the opinion of the pilot‑in‑command, the take‑off or approach path is so disposed over water that in the event of a mishap there would be a likelihood of ditching.
Subregulation 2
Where a Singapore registered aeroplane is to be flown over water and the operator has completed a survival risk assessment for the flight, the operator —
must determine that the aeroplane is equipped with life rafts —
that are of a sufficient number to accommodate all the persons on board; and
that are stowed so as to facilitate ready use in the event of an emergency; (b)must provide the following equipment on the aeroplane:
such life-saving equipment (including means of sustaining life) as is appropriate to the flight to be undertaken;
equipment for making the distress signals described in the Rules of the Air; (iii)any additional equipment decided with reference to the operator’s survival risk assessment.
Subregulation 3
Where the Singapore registered aeroplane to be operated over water is a seaplane or an amphibian aeroplane, the operator must ensure that the aeroplane is equipped with —
the equipment for making sound signals, as specified in rule 33 in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Collisions at Sea) Regulations (Cap. 179, Rg 10);
the equipment necessary for mooring, anchoring or manoeuvring the aircraft on water, appropriate to the size, mass and handling characteristics of the aircraft; and
one sea anchor.