Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00333:reg:3:p7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00333
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 3 (pt 7/12)
Character Range: 157394–160088

carry the following:
 (a) a sea anchor;
 (b) other equipment for mooring.
 (3) If the flight is conducted on, or over, water to which the International Regulations apply, the aeroplane must carry equipment for making the sound signals required by the International Regulations for the flight.
Note: The expression International Regulations is defined in the Dictionary.

11.55  Life jacket carriage requirements
 (1) This section applies to a flight of an aeroplane:
 (a) in the event of an emergency happening during take-off or landing, the aeroplane is reasonably likely to land in water; or
 (b) if the aeroplane is a seaplane or amphibian; or
 (c) for a single-engine aeroplane that is not a seaplane or amphibian — if, during the flight, the aeroplane is flown further over water than the distance from which, with the engine inoperative, the aeroplane could reach a suitable forced landing area for the flight; or
 (d) for a multi-engine aeroplane that is not a seaplane or amphibian — if during the flight the aeroplane is flown more than 50 nautical miles from an area of land that is suitable for a forced landing.
 (2) When the aeroplane begins the flight, it must carry the following:
 (a) for each infant on board — a life jacket, or another equally effective flotation device, that may have a whistle;
 (b) for each other person on board — a life jacket that must have a whistle.

11.56  Stowage of life jackets
 (1) This section applies to an aeroplane that is required to carry an approved life jacket, or flotation device, under this Division.
 (2) When the aeroplane begins the flight, unless the life jacket, or flotation device, is being worn:
 (a) subject to subsection (3), each infant's life jacket, or flotation device, must be stowed where it is readily accessible by an adult responsible for the infant, in the event of an emergency evacuation; and
 (b) each other person's life jacket must be stowed where it is readily accessible from the person's seat in the event of an emergency evacuation.
 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if:
 (a) the operator's emergency procedures provide for the following to occur when preparing the aeroplane for ditching:
 (i) the distribution of infant life jackets or flotation devices;
 (ii) the distribution of a life jacket to a second child occupying a single seat; and
 (b) each crew member on the flight, who has duties to conduct these emergency procedures, has successfully completed training in the procedures.

11.57  Wearing life jackets
 (1) A person (other than an infant) on board a single-engine aeroplane must wear a life jacket if the flight is over water that is further than the distance from which, with the engine