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The Civil Aviation (Aeronautical Search and Rescue) Regulations, 2025
10. Aeronautical search and rescue equipment
Edition: 2026-03-03 · In force
10. Aeronautical search and rescue equipment
(1)The designated Aeronautical Search and Rescue agency shall ensure that—(a)aeronautical search and rescue units are provided with equipment for locating promptly, and for providing adequate assistance at, the scene of an accident;(b)aeronautical search and rescue units have means of rapid and reliable two-way communication with other aeronautical search and rescue facilities engaged in the same operation;(c)aeronautical search and rescue aircraft are equipped to be able to communicate on the aeronautical distress and on-scene frequencies and on such other frequencies as may be determined by the Authority;(d)aeronautical search and rescue aircraft are equipped with a device for homing on distress frequencies and on such other frequencies as may be prescribed;(e)aeronautical search and rescue aircraft, when used for aeronautical search and rescue over maritime areas, are equipped to be able to communicate with vessels;(f)each aeronautical search and rescue aircraft, when used for aeronautical search and rescue over maritime areas carry a copy of the International Code of Signals to enable it to overcome language difficulties that may be experienced in communicating with ships;(g)at least one of the aircraft participating in an aeronautical search and rescue operation shall carry droppable survival equipment, unless it is known that there is no need to provide supplies to survivors by air.(2)The designated aeronautical search and rescue agency shall ensure that appropriate survival equipment, suitably packed for dropping by aircraft are located at aerodromes.(3)The designated aeronautical search and rescue agency shall locate, at appropriate aerodromes, survival equipment suitably packed for dropping by aircraft.(4)Each search and rescue aircraft, when used for search and rescue over maritime areas, shall carry a droppable device for measuring actual surface drift.