Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187:reg:8:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00187
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 3/9)
Character Range: 362834–365364

a navigational procedure that is normal for the climb or descent at the aerodrome; or
(b) for any aeroplane — the aeroplane is being flown higher than 2 000 ft above the water.
       (4) For subsections (1) and (2), a person may be taken to be wearing a life jacket if it is secured to the person in a way that allows the person to quickly and easily put it on in an emergency.

26.59 Wearing life jackets – rotorcraft – special provision
       (1) This section applies to a flight of a rotorcraft if:
(a) the rotorcraft takes off from, or lands at, an aerodrome in a populous area; and
(b) an area of water is the only reasonably available forced-landing area for the relevant period.
       (2) During the relevant period, each person on the rotorcraft (other than an infant, if any) must wear a life jacket.
       (3) For paragraph (1) (b), the relevant period is:
(a) for a take-off — the period after take-off until the rotorcraft reaches the minimum height at or above which the rotorcraft is required to be flown under regulation 91.265; or
(b) for a landing — the period after the rotorcraft descends below the minimum height at or above which the rotorcraft is required to be flown under regulation 91.265, until the rotorcraft has landed.

26.60 Life rafts —carriage requirements
       (1) When an aircraft begins a flight to which this section applies, it must carry sufficient life rafts to provide a place on a life raft for each person on the aircraft.
       (2) This section applies to an aircraft flight if during the flight the aircraft is flown over water and is further from land than the following distances:
(a) for a jet-driven multi-engine aeroplane with an MTOW of more than 2 722 kg — whichever is the shorter of the following:
 (i) the distance the aeroplane would fly in 2 hours at its normal cruising speed in still air;
 (ii) 400 NM;
(b) for a propellor-driven turbine-engine multi-engine aeroplane with an MTOW of more than 5 700 kg — whichever is the shorter of the following:
 (i) the distance the aeroplane would fly in 2 hours at its normal cruising speed in still air;
 (ii) 400 NM;
(c) for any other aircraft — whichever is the shorter of the following:
 (i) the distance the aircraft would fly in 30 minutes at its normal cruising speed in still air;
 (ii) 100 NM.
       (3) For subsection (1), when working out the number of life rafts to be carried on an aircraft:
(a) the capacity of a life raft is the rated capacity specified for it by the manufacturer of the life raft; and
(b) the