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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 91.1611 

(OSTT), provided that such flight oper-
ations are conducted under a contract, 
grant, or cooperative agreement with a 
department, agency, or instrumen-
tality of the U.S. government (or under 
a subcontract between the prime con-
tractor of the department, agency, or 
instrumentality and the person de-
scribed in paragraph (a) of this section) 
with the approval of the FAA, or under 
an exemption issued by the FAA. The 
FAA will consider requests for ap-
proval or exemption in a timely man-
ner, with the order of preference being: 
First, for those operations in support 
of U.S. government-sponsored activi-
ties; second, for those operations in 
support of government-sponsored ac-
tivities of a foreign country with the 
support of a U.S. government depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality; and 
third, for all other operations. 

(d) 

Emergency situations. 

In an emer-

gency that requires immediate decision 
and action for the safety of the flight, 
the pilot in command of an aircraft 
may deviate from this section to the 
extent required by that emergency. Ex-
cept for U.S. air carriers and commer-
cial operators that are subject to the 
requirements of 14 CFR part 119, 121, 
125, or 135, each person who deviates 
from this section must, within 10 days 
of the deviation, excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, and Federal holidays, submit 
to the responsible Flight Standards of-
fice a complete report of the operations 
of the aircraft involved in the devi-
ation, including a description of the de-
viation and the reasons for it. 

(e) 

Expiration. 

This SFAR will remain 

in effect until December 30, 2020. The 
FAA may amend, rescind, or extend 
this SFAR, as necessary. 

[Docket FAA–2017–0768, Amdt. 91–348, 82 FR 
40949, Aug. 29, 2017; Amdt. 91–348A, 82 FR 
42592, Sept. 11, 2017, as amended by Amdt. No. 
91-348B, 83 FR 63414, Dec. 10, 2018] 

§ 91.1611

Special Federal Aviation Reg-

ulation No. 115—Prohibition 
Against Certain Flights in Specified 
Areas of the Sanaa (OYSC) Flight 
Information Region (FIR). 

(a) 

Applicability. 

This Special Federal 

Aviation Regulation (SFAR) applies to 
the following persons: 

(1) All U.S. air carriers and U.S. com-

mercial operators; 

(2) All persons exercising the privi-

leges of an airman certificate issued by 
the FAA, except when such persons are 
operating U.S.-registered aircraft for a 
foreign air carrier; and 

(3) All operators of U.S.-registered 

civil aircraft, except where the oper-
ator of such aircraft is a foreign air 
carrier. 

(b) 

Flight prohibition. 

Except as pro-

vided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this 
section, no person described in para-
graph (a) of this section may conduct 
flight operations in the Sanaa (OYSC) 
Flight Information Region (FIR), ex-
cept that airspace east of a line drawn 
direct from KAPET (163322N 0530614E) 
to NODMA (152603N 0533359E), south-
east of a line drawn direct from 
NODMA to ORBAT (140638N 0503924E) 
then from ORBAT to PAKER (115500N 
0463500E), south of a line drawn direct 
from PAKER to PARIM (123142N 
0432712E), and west of a line drawn di-
rect from PARIM to RIBOK (154700N 
0415230E). Use of jet route UT702 is au-
thorized; however, use of jet route 
UN303 is not authorized. 

(c) 

Permitted operations. 

This section 

does not prohibit persons described in 
paragraph (a) of this section from con-
ducting flight operations in the Sanaa 
(OYSC) FIR in that airspace west of a 
line drawn direct from KAPET (163322N 
0530614E) to NODMA (152603N 0533359E), 
northwest of a line drawn direct from 
NODMA to ORBAT (140638N 0503924E) 
then from ORBAT to PAKER (115500N 
0463500E), north of a line drawn direct 
from PAKER to PARIM (123142N 
0432712E), and east of a line drawn di-
rect from PARIM to RIBOK (154700N 
0415230E), provided that such flight op-
erations are conducted under a con-
tract, grant, or cooperative agreement 
with a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the U.S. government (or 
under a subcontract between the prime 
contractor of the department, agency, 
or instrumentality, and the person sub-
ject to paragraph (a)), with the ap-
proval of the FAA, or under an exemp-
tion issued by the FAA. The FAA will 
process requests for approval or exemp-
tion in a timely manner, with the order 
of preference being: First, for those op-
erations in support of U.S. govern-
ment-sponsored activities; second, for 

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