CASA 127/00 - Directions relating to illumination of emergency exits

INSTRUMENT NUMBER: CASA 127/00

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988

DIRECTIONS RELATING TO ILLUMINATION OF EMERGENCY EXITS

I, Christopher Vincent Genge, Team Leader (Flying Operations), a delegate of CASA, under subregulation 207 (2) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, direct that:

(a) the Australian aircraft bearing the nationality and registration marks VH‑FNA, VH-FNB, VH-FND, VH-FNH or VH-FNI must be equipped with an emergency lighting system in accordance with airworthiness directive Part 139-105 AD/General/4; and

(b) when the aircraft is on the ground with passengers on board:

(i) the emergency lighting system must be switched on; or

(ii) the normal cabin lights must be switched on and the emergency lighting system must be armed.

Subparagraph 1 (b) does not apply if:

(a) ground power is not provided at the aerodrome; and

(b) all passengers have disembarked except for not more than two handicapped passengers, with their carers; and

(c) the following procedures are complied with:

(i) the handicapped passengers and their carers may remain on board in daylight hours only;

(ii) if a handicapped passenger remains on board, a flight attendant must provide a detailed briefing on emergency evacuation procedures to the passenger and his or her carer or carers immediately after the other passengers have disembarked;

(iii) a flight attendant must be in the cabin while a handicapped passenger and his or her carer or carers remain on board after the other passengers have disembarked;

(iv) the cabin door is to be kept open;

(v) the equipment for unloading the handicapped passenger, if required, must be in position at an open door.

[Signed C.V. Genge]

C.V. Genge

Team Leader (Flying Operations)

13 April 2000