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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 121.311 

(1) Designed and constructed so that 

it cannot be opened during flight; and 

(2) Marked with a placard readable 

from a distance of 30 inches and in-
stalled at a conspicuous location near 
the means of opening the exit, stating 
that the exit has been designed and 
constructed so that it cannot be opened 
during flight. 

(l) 

Emergency exit features. 

(1) Each 

transport category airplane manufac-
tured after 

November 26, 2007 

must com-

ply with the provisions of § 25.809(i) and 

(2) After November 26, 2007 each 

transport category airplane must com-
ply with the provisions of 
§ 25.813(b)(6)(ii) in effect on November 
26, 2007. 

(m) Except for an airplane used in op-

erations under this part on October 16, 
1987, and having an emergency exit 
configuration installed and authorized 
for operation prior to October 16, 1987, 
for an airplane that is required to have 
more than one passenger emergency 
exit for each side of the fuselage, no 
passenger emergency exit shall be 
more than 60 feet from any adjacent 
passenger emergency exit on the same 
side of the same deck of the fuselage, 
as measured parallel to the airplane’s 
longitudinal axis between the nearest 
exit edges. 

(n) 

Portable lights. 

No person may op-

erate a passenger-carrying airplane un-
less it is equipped with flashlight stow-
age provisions accessible from each 
flight attendant seat. 

[Doc. No. 2033, 30 FR 3205, Mar. 9, 1965] 

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tations affecting § 121.310, see the List of CFR 
Sections Affected, which appears in the 
Finding Aids section of the printed volume 
and at 

www.govinfo.gov. 

§ 121.311

Seats, safety belts, and shoul-

der harnesses. 

(a) No person may operate an air-

plane unless there are available during 
the takeoff, en route flight, and land-
ing— 

(1) An approved seat or berth for each 

person on board the airplane who has 
reached his second birthday; and 

(2) An approved safety belt for sepa-

rate use by each person on board the 
airplane who has reached his second 
birthday, except that two persons occu-
pying a berth may share one approved 

safety belt and two persons occupying 
a multiple lounge or divan seat may 
share one approved safety belt during 
en route flight only. 

(b) Except as provided in this para-

graph, each person on board an air-
plane operated under this part shall oc-
cupy an approved seat or berth with a 
separate safety belt properly secured 
about him or her during movement on 
the surface, takeoff, and landing. A 
safety belt provided for the occupant of 
a seat may not be used by more than 
one person who has reached his or her 
second birthday. Notwithstanding the 
preceding requirements, a child may: 

(1) Be held by an adult who is occu-

pying an approved seat or berth, pro-
vided the child has not reached his or 
her second birthday and the child does 
not occupy or use any restraining de-
vice; or 

(2) Notwithstanding any other re-

quirement of this chapter, occupy an 
approved child restraint system fur-
nished by the certificate holder or one 
of the persons described in paragraph 
(b)(2)(i) of this section, provided: 

(i) The child is accompanied by a par-

ent, guardian, or attendant designated 
by the child’s parent or guardian to at-
tend to the safety of the child during 
the flight; 

(ii) Except as provided in paragraph 

(b)(2)(ii)(D) of this section, the ap-
proved child restraint system bears one 
or more labels as follows: 

(A) Seats manufactured to U.S. 

standards between January 1, 1981, and 
February 25, 1985, must bear the label: 
‘‘This child restraint system conforms 
to all applicable Federal motor vehicle 
safety standards.’’ 

(B) Seats manufactured to U.S. 

standards on or after February 26, 1985, 
must bear two labels: 

(

1

) ‘‘This child restraint system con-

forms to all applicable Federal motor 
vehicle safety standards’’; and 

(

2

) ‘‘THIS RESTRAINT IS CER-

TIFIED FOR USE IN MOTOR VEHI-
CLES AND AIRCRAFT’’ in red let-
tering; 

(C) Seats that do not qualify under 

paragraphs (B)(2)(ii)(A) and (b)(2)(ii)(B) 
of this section must bear a label or 
markings showing: 

(

1

) That the seat was approved by a 

foreign government; 

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