Singapore legislation

Schedule 3

of Air Navigation (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018

Schedule 3

Emergency equipment

THIRD SCHEDULERegulations 105(2) and 107(4)Emergency equipmentThis Schedule specifies the emergency equipment, mentioned in Division 6, to be carried on a relevant aircraft.Life rafts1.—

(1)

A relevant aircraft must be equipped with a number of life rafts appropriate to the area that the flight covers.(2) A life raft must contain the following equipment:

(a)

a means of maintaining buoyancy;

(b)

a sea anchor;

(c)

a lifeline and a means of attaching one life raft to another;

(d)

if the life raft has a capacity of 6 or less, paddles or another means of propulsion;[S 214/2020 wef 01/04/2020](e)a canopy to protect the occupants;

(f)

a life raft repair kit;

(g)

a bailing bucket;

(h)

an inflation pump;

(i)

[Deleted by S 214/2020 wef 01/04/2020](j)a raft knife;

(k)

a life raft survival pack that is equipped in accordance with paragraph 2.Life rafts survival pack

2. A life raft survival pack must contain the following equipment:

(a)

an independent waterproof portable light;[S 214/2020 wef 01/04/2020](b)marine type pyrotechnic distress signals;

(c)

a means of making sea water drinkable;

(d)

for every 4 persons the life raft is designed to carry;

(i)

any readily distributable energy supplement with an energy value of about 400 kJ;

(ii)

one litre of fresh water in durable containers, of which a proportion may be provided by the means described in sub‑paragraph (c);

(e)

first-aid equipment;

(f)

a signalling mirror;

(g)

a whistle;

(h)

a dye marker;

(i)

[Deleted by S 214/2020 wef 01/04/2020](j)a book on survival appropriate for the area over which the aircraft is operated.Survival equipment

3. Where a relevant aircraft is required to carry survival equipment in accordance with regulation 105, the aircraft must carry the following items:

(a)

for an operation in polar conditions, the equipment required in accordance with the Air Navigation (98 — Special Operations) Regulations 2018;

(b)

for an operation in tropical conditions —

(i)

a survival ELT;

(ii)

pyrotechnic distress signals;

(iii)

first-aid equipment; and

(iv)

for every 4 persons, any readily distributable energy supplement with an energy value of about 400 kJ and one litre of fresh water in durable containers.