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NCO.IDE.H.140 Seats, seat safety belts, restraint systems and child restraint devices

Regulation (EU) 2025/133

(a) Rotorcraft shall be equipped with:

(1) a seat or berth for each person on board that is aged 24 months or older, or a station for each crew member or task specialist on board;

(2) a seat belt on each passenger seat and restraining belts for each berth, and restraint devices for each station;

(3) for rotorcraft first issued with an individual CofA after 31 December 2012, a seat belt with an upper-torso restraint system for each passenger that is aged 24 months or older;

(4) a child restraint device for each person on board younger than 24 months; and

(5) a seat belt with upper torso restraint system incorporating a device that will automatically restrain the occupantโ€™s torso in the event of rapid deceleration on each flight crew seat.

(b) A seat belt with upper torso restraint system shall have a single point release.