SERA.14100 Notification of suspected communicable diseases or other public health risk on board an aircraft

• Regulation (EU) 2024/404 found in: SERA (923/2012) Standardised European Rules of the Air (Dec 2024)

SERA.14100 Notification of suspected communicable diseases or other public health risk on board an aircraft Regulation (EU) 2024/404 (a) The flight crew of an en-route aircraft shall, upon identifying a suspected case(s) of a communicable disease, or other public health risk, on board the aircraft, promptly notify the air traffic services unit with which the pilot is communicating, the information listed below: (1) aircraft identification; (2) departure aerodrome; (3) destination aerodrome; (4) estimated time of arrival; (5) number of persons on board; (6) number of suspected cases on board; and (7) nature of the public health risk, if known. (b) The air traffic services unit, upon receipt of information from a pilot regarding a suspected case(s) of a communicable disease, or other public health risk, on board the aircraft, shall forward a message as soon as possible to the air traffic services unit serving the destination/departure, unless procedures exist to notify the appropriate authority designated by the State and the aircraft operator or its designated representative. (c) When a report of a suspected case(s) of a communicable disease, or other public health risk, on board an aircraft is received by an air traffic services unit serving the destination/departure, from another air traffic services unit or from an aircraft or an aircraft operator, the unit concerned shall forward a message as soon as possible to the public health authority or the appropriate authority designated by the State as well as the aircraft operator or its designated representative, and the aerodrome operator. *[applicable from 1 May 2025 – Regulation (EU) 2024/404]* #### SERA.14100 Notification of suspected communicable diseases or other public health risk on board an aircraft *Regulation (EU) 2024/404* (a) The flight crew of an en-route aircraft shall, upon identifying a suspected case(s) of a communicable disease, or other public health risk, on board the aircraft, promptly notify the air traffic services unit with which the pilot is communicating, the information listed below: (1) aircraft identification; (2) departure aerodrome; (3) destination aerodrome; (4) estimated time of arrival; (5) number of persons on board; (6) number of suspected cases on board; and (7) nature of the public health risk, if known. (b) The air traffic services unit, upon receipt of information from a pilot regarding a suspected case(s) of a communicable disease, or other public health risk, on board the aircraft, shall forward a message as soon as possible to the air traffic services unit serving the destination/departure, unless procedures exist to notify the appropriate authority designated by the State and the aircraft operator or its designated representative. (c) When a report of a suspected case(s) of a communicable disease, or other public health risk, on board an aircraft is received by an air traffic services unit serving the destination/departure, from another air traffic services unit or from an aircraft or an aircraft operator, the unit concerned shall forward a message as soon as possible to the public health authority or the appropriate authority designated by the State as well as the aircraft operator or its designated representative, and the aerodrome operator.