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CASA EX11/06 - Exemption – from carriage of life rafts

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What this does: This document gives Queensland Regional Airlines a temporary exemption from the normal aviation safety rule requiring aircraft to carry life rafts on flights over water.

Who it affects: Only Queensland Regional Airlines (specifically their DHC-8 aircraft) flying these specific routes:

Cairns or Townsville to/from Port Moresby or Lae (Papua New Guinea)
Cairns, Weipa, Bamaga, or Horn Island to/from Gove, Groote Eylandt, or Darwin

The trade-off: While these aircraft don't need to carry life rafts, they must always stay within the closer of:

60 minutes flying time (at single-engine speed), or
200 nautical miles from a suitable airport.

Why it matters: This lets the airline avoid the weight and maintenance costs of life rafts on these specific routes, provided they remain close enough to land for an emergency landing. The exemption expired on 28 February 2009.

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CASA EX11/06 - Exemption – from carriage of life rafts

Instrument number CASA EX11/06

I, bruce robert gemmell, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 308 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed B. Gemmell]

Bruce Gemmell

Deputy Chief Executive and

Chief Operating Officer

3 April 2006

Exemption — from carriage of life rafts

1 Duration

This instrument:

(a) commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b) stops having effect at the end of 28 February 2009.

2 Application

(1) This instrument applies to DHC-8 aircraft operated by Queensland Regional Airlines Pty Ltd (Aviation Reference Number 584560) in an operation mentioned in subsection (2).

(2) The operations are those between:

(a) Cairns and — Port Moresby or Nadzab (Lae) in Papua New Guinea; and

(b) Townsville and — Port Moresby or Nadzab (Lae) in Papua New Guinea; and

(d) Weipa and — Gove, Groote Eylant or Darwin; and

(e) Bamaga and — Gove, Groote Eylant or Darwin; and

(f) Horn Island and — Gove, Groote Eylant or Darwin.

3 Exemption

Each aircraft and each pilot is exempt from compliance with the directions under subregulation 252 (1) of CAR 1988 to the extent mentioned in Schedule 1.

4 Condition

The exemption is subject to the condition in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 Extent of exemption

The requirement to comply with paragraph 5.2.1 of Civil Aviation Order 20.11 for the carriage of life rafts.

Schedule 2 Condition

The aircraft must be within the lesser of:

(a) 60 minutes at single engine cruising speed; or

(b) 200 nautical miles;

from an adequate aerodrome as defined in Civil Aviation Order 82.0.

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