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ACCESSIBILITY OF LIFE-JACKETS
The life-jacket, if not worn, should be accessible from the seat or station of the person for whose use it
is provided, with a safety belt or a restraint system fastened.
MEANS OF ILLUMINATION FOR LIFE-JACKETS
The means of electric illumination should be a survivor locator light as defined in the applicable ETSO
issued by the Agency or equivalent.
RISK ASSESSMENT
(a) When conducting the risk assessment, the pilot-in-command should base his/her
decision, as far as is practicable, on the Implementing Rules and AMCs applicable to the
operation of the aeroplane.
(b) The pilot-in-command should, for determining the risk, take the following operating
environment and conditions into account:
(1) sea state;
(2) sea and air temperatures;
(3) the distance from land suitable for making an emergency landing; and
(4) the availability of search and rescue facilities.
SPO.IDE.A.195 AMC2 Flight over water
LIFE RAFTS AND EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING DISTRESS SIGNALS
(a) The following should be readily available with each life-raft:
(1) means for maintaining buoyancy;
(2) a sea anchor;
(3) life-lines and means of attaching one life-raft to another;
(4) paddles for life-rafts with a capacity of six or less;
(5) means of protecting the occupants from the elements;
(6) a water-resistant torch;
(7) signalling equipment to make the pyrotechnic distress signals described in ICAO
Annex 2, Rules of the Air;
(8) 100 g of glucose tablets for each four, or fraction of four, persons that the life-raft is
designed to carry:
(9) at least 2 litres of drinkable water provided in durable containers or means of making
sea water drinkable or a combination of both; and
(10) first-aid equipment.
(b) As far as practicable, items listed in (a) should be contained in a pack.
SPO.IDE.A.195 GM1 Flight over water
SEAT CUSHIONS
Seat cushions are not considered to be flotation devices.
SPO.IDE.A.200 Survival equipment
(a) Aeroplanes operated over areas in which search and rescue would be especially difficult
shall be equipped with:
(1) signalling equipment to make the distress signals;
(2) at least one survival ELT (ELT(S)); and
(3) additional survival equipment for the route to be flown taking account of the number
of persons on board.
(b) The additional survival equipment specified in (a)(3) does not need to be carried when the
aeroplane:
(1) remains within a distance from an area where search and rescue is not especially
difficult corresponding to:
(i) 120 minutes at one-engine-inoperative (OEI) cruising speed for aeroplanes
capable of continuing the flight to an aerodrome with the critical engine(s)
becoming inoperative at any point along the route or planned diversion routes;
or
(ii) 30 minutes at cruising speed for all other aeroplanes; or
(2) remains within a distance no greater than that corresponding to 90 minutes at
cruising speed from an area suitable for making an emergency landing, for
aeroplanes certified in accordance with the applicable airworthiness standard.
SPO.IDE.A.200 AMC1 Survival equipment
ADDITIONAL SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT
(a) The following additional survival equipment should be carried when required:
(1) 500 ml of water for each four, or fraction of four, persons on board;
(2) one knife;
(3) first-aid equipment; and
(4) one set of air/ground codes.
(b) In addition, when polar conditions are expected, the following should be carried:
(1) a means of melting snow;
(2) one snow shovel and one ice saw;
(3) sleeping bags for use by 1/3 of all persons on board and space blankets for the
remainder or space blankets for all persons on board; and
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