NCO.IDE.H.180 Survival equipment

GENERAL Rotorcraft operated across areas in which search and rescue would be especially difficult should be equipped with the following:

(a)signalling equipment to make the distress signals;

(b)at least one ELT(S) or a PLB, carried by the pilot-in-command or a passenger; and

(c)additional survival equipment for the route to be flown taking account of the number of persons on board.

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)If any item of equipment contained in the above list is already carried on board the rotorcraft in accordance with another requirement, there is no need for this to be duplicated.

SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT The signalling equipment for making distress signals is described in ICAO Annex 2, Rules of the Air.

AREAS IN WHICH SEARCH AND RESCUE WOULD BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT The expression ‘areas in which search and rescue would be especially difficult’ should be interpreted, in this context, as meaning:

(a)areas so designated by the competent authority responsible for managing search and rescue; or

(b)areas that are largely uninhabited and where:

(1)the authority referred to in (a) has not published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would be or would not be especially difficult; and

(2)the authority referred to in (a) does not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being especially difficult for search and rescue.