AMC2 SPO.IDE.A.195 Flight over water    

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 1

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.