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The Civil Aviation (Air Traffic Services) Regulations
71. Application of Alerting Service
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
71. Application of Alerting Service
(1)Air Traffic Services units shall provide alerting service—(a)for all aircraft provided with air traffic control service;(b)in so far as practicable. to all other aircraft having filed a flight plan or otherwise known to the air traffic services; and(c)to any aircraft known or believed to be the subject of unlawful interference.(2)Flight information centers or area control centers shall serve as the central point for collecting all information relevant to a state of emergency of an aircraft operating within the Nairobi flight information region or control area concerned and for forwarding such information to the rescue coordination centre(3)In the event of a state of emergency arising to an aircraft while it is under the control of an aerodrome control tower or approach control unit, such unit shall notify immediately the flight information centre or area control centre responsible which shall in turn notify the rescue coordination centre.(4)The notification referred in sub regulation (3) shall not be required when the nature of the emergency is such that the notification would be unnecessary.(5)Where the urgency of the situation so requires, the aerodrome control tower or approach control unit responsible shall first alert and take other necessary steps to set in motional appropriate local rescue and emergency organizations which can give the immediate assistance required.