AMC1 CAT.IDE.A.285 Flight
over water
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.
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