Section 121.551

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

and permitted to occupy an observer
seat thereon.
[Doc. No. 9031, 35 FR 12061, July 28, 1970, as
amended by Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2613, Jan.
26, 1996]

Section 121.551 Restriction or suspension of
operation: Domestic and flag operations.
When a certificate holder conducting
domestic or flag operations knows of
conditions, including airport and runway conditions, that are a hazard to
safe operations, it shall restrict or suspend operations until those conditions
are corrected.
[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2613, Jan. 26, 1996]

Section 121.553 Restriction or suspension of
operation:
Supplemental
operations.
When a certificate holder conducting
supplemental operations or pilot in
command knows of conditions, including airport and runway conditions,
that are a hazard to safe operations,
the certificate holder or pilot in command, as the case may be, shall restrict or suspend operations until those
conditions are corrected.
[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2613, Jan. 26, 1996]

Section 121.555 Compliance with approved
routes and limitations: Domestic
and flag operations.
No pilot may operate an airplane in
scheduled air transportation - 
(a) Over any route or route segment
unless it is specified in the certificate
holder-s operations specifications; or
(b) Other than in accordance with the
limitations in the operations specifications.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2614, Jan.
26, 1996]

Section 121.557 Emergencies: Domestic and
flag operations.
(a) In an emergency situation that
requires immediate decision and action
the pilot in command may take any action that he considers necessary under
the circumstances. In such a case he
may deviate from prescribed operations procedures and methods, weather minimums, and this chapter, to the

extent required in the interests of safety.
(b) In an emergency situation arising
during flight that requires immediate
decision and action by an aircraft dispatcher, and that is known to him, the
aircraft dispatcher shall advise the
pilot in command of the emergency,
shall ascertain the decision of the pilot
in command, and shall have the decision recorded. If the aircraft dispatcher
cannot communicate with the pilot, he
shall declare an emergency and take
any action that he considers necessary
under the circumstances.
(c) Whenever a pilot in command or
dispatcher exercises emergency authority, he shall keep the appropriate ATC
facility and dispatch centers fully informed of the progress of the flight.
The person declaring the emergency
shall send a written report of any deviation through the certificate holder-s
operations manager, to the Administrator. A dispatcher shall send his report within 10 days after the date of
the emergency, and a pilot in command
shall send his report within 10 days
after returning to his home base.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121-253, 61 FR 2614, Jan.
26, 1996]

Section 121.559 Emergencies:
operations.

Supplemental

(a) In an emergency situation that
requires immediate decision and action, the pilot in command may take
any action that he considers necessary
under the circumstances. In such a
case, he may deviate from prescribed
operations, procedures and methods,
weather minimums, and this chapter,
to the extent required in the interests
of safety.
(b) In an emergency situation arising
during flight that requires immediate
decision and action by appropriate
management personnel in the case of
operations conducted with a flight following service and which is known to
them, those personnel shall advise the
pilot in command of the emergency,
shall ascertain the decision of the pilot

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