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LIFERAFTS (CAO20.11)
An aircraft that is flown overwater at a distance from landgreater than the
permitted distance (a distance equal to30minutes at normal cruising speed,
or 100 nm, whichever is the less),must carry, as part of its emergency and
lifesaving equipment, sufficient life rafts to provide a place in a life raft for
eachperson onboard the aircraft.
Life raftsshall be inaddition to the life jackets that are required for theflight. Life
raftscarried inaccordancewith thissectionshall bestowedsoas tobe readily
accessible in theevent of aditchingwithout appreciable time for preparatory
procedures.When life raftsarestowed incompartmentsor containers, such
compartmentsor containersshall beappropriatelyandconspicuouslymarked.
Life raftsshall complywithastandardapprovedbyCASA.
SIGNALLINGEQUIPMENT (CAO 20.11)
Aircraft or flightswhere the carriage of life rafts is required byCAO 20.11,
or on such other overwater flights as theAuthority specifies, shall carry
approved types of the following signalling equipment:
• oneELTwhenone life raft iscarriedandat least twoELTswhenmore thanone
raft iscarried. TheELTsshallmeet thestandardsspecifiedbyCASAandshall
bestowedsoas to facilitate their readyuse inanemergency; and
• a supply of pyrotechnic distress signals.
Single engine aircraft on flights overwater, which arenot equippedwith radio
communication equipment or are not capableof continuous air – ground
communication andwhich arenot required to carry a life raft, shall be required
to carry anELT.
SURVIVALEQUIPMENT (CAO 20.11)
An aircraft shall carry survival equipment for sustaining life appropriate to the
area being overflown on the following flights:
• where the carriage of life rafts are required; and
• duringoperationswithin or through the remote areas specifiedby the
remote areamaps; and
• on such other flights asmay bedirectedbyCASA.
safety equipment