Part 131 (Balloons and Hot Air Airships) Manual of Standards 2024
Part 7EMERGENCY AND SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
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CHAPTER 7 EMERGENCY AND SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT INFORMATION
7.01 Information about emergency and survival equipment
For the purposes of subregulation 131.295 (1) of CASR, if equipment listed in column 1 of an item of Table 7.01 is carried on the flight, the information mentioned in column 2 of the item is prescribed for the equipment.
Note Regulation 131.295 only applies to balloon transport operations.
Table 7.01 — Emergency and survival equipment
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border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-top:3pt"><span>Column 2</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:19.85pt"><td style="width:10.2%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-top:3pt"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:34.68%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-top:3pt"><span>Item of equipment</span></p></td><td style="width:55.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="TableHeading" style="margin-top:3pt"><span>Information</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:10.2%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:34.68%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tablea" style="margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:12pt"><span>A life jacket</span></p></td><td style="width:55.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>The number and colour of each type of life jacket carried on the flight</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.2%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:34.68%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>A signalling device</span></p></td><td style="width:55.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>The number, colour and type of each signalling device carried on the flight</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.2%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; 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border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>4</span></p></td><td style="width:34.68%; border:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>A survival ELT</span></p></td><td style="width:55.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>The type and frequency of each survival ELT carried on the flight</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:10.2%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>5</span></p></td><td style="width:34.68%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>Water supplies carried as an item of survival equipment</span></p></td><td style="width:55.12%; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#ffffff"><p class="Tabletext0" style="margin-bottom:3pt; line-height:normal; font-size:12pt"><span>Details of the water supplies carried on the flight</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>