ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Civil Aviation (Aerial Work-General Operations) Regulations, 2025
45. Dropping of articles and animals
Edition: 2026-03-25 · In force
45. Dropping of articles and animals
(1)A person shall not drop or permit to be dropped an article or animal, whether or not attached to a parachute, from an aircraft in flight so as to endanger persons or property.(2)Subregulation (1) shall not apply to the dropping of an article by, or with the authority of the pilot in command of the aircraft in any of the following circumstances, provided that the pilot seeks to avoid endangering persons or property—(a)the dropping of an article for the purpose of saving life;(b)the jettisoning, in case of emergency, of fuel or other articles in the aircraft;(c)the dropping of ballast in the form of fine sand or water;(d)the dropping of an article solely for the purpose of navigating the aircraft in accordance with ordinary practice or with the provisions of these Regulations;(e)the dropping at an aerodrome, in accordance with prescribed regulations of towropes, banners, or similar article towed by aircraft;(f)the dropping of an article for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture forestry or public health or as a measure against weather conditions, surface icing or oil pollution, or for training for the dropping of articles for any such purposes, if the article is dropped with the permission of the Authority and in accordance with any condition subject to which that permission may have been given; and(g)the dropping of wind drift indicators for the purpose of enabling parachute descents to be made if the wind indicators are dropped with the permission of the Authority and in accordance with any conditions subject to which that permission may have been given.(3)For the purposes of this regulation “dropping” includes projecting and lowering.(4)Nothing in this regulation shall prohibit the lowering of any animal or article from a helicopter to the surface, if the certificate of airworthiness of the aircraft is valid and includes an express provision that it may be used for that purpose.