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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 25.789 

(h) Each seat located in the pas-

senger compartment and designated for 
use during takeoff and landing by a 
flight attendant required by the oper-
ating rules of this chapter must be: 

(1) Near a required floor level emer-

gency exit, except that another loca-
tion is acceptable if the emergency 
egress of passengers would be enhanced 
with that location. A flight attendant 
seat must be located adjacent to each 
Type A or B emergency exit. Other 
flight attendant seats must be evenly 
distributed among the required floor- 
level emergency exits to the extent 
feasible. 

(2) To the extent possible, without 

compromising proximity to a required 
floor level emergency exit, located to 
provide a direct view of the cabin area 
for which the flight attendant is re-
sponsible. 

(3) Positioned so that the seat will 

not interfere with the use of a passage-
way or exit when the seat is not in use. 

(4) Located to minimize the prob-

ability that occupants would suffer in-
jury by being struck by items dislodged 
from service areas, stowage compart-
ments, or service equipment. 

(5) Either forward or rearward facing 

with an energy absorbing rest that is 
designed to support the arms, shoul-
ders, head, and spine. 

(6) Equipped with a restraint system 

consisting of a combined safety belt 
and shoulder harness unit with a single 
point release. There must be means to 
secure each restraint system when not 
in use to prevent interference with 
rapid egress in an emergency. 

(i) Each safety belt must be equipped 

with a metal to metal latching device. 

(j) If the seat backs do not provide a 

firm handhold, there must be a hand-
grip or rail along each aisle to enable 
persons to steady themselves while 
using the aisles in moderately rough 
air. 

(k) Each projecting object that would 

injure persons seated or moving about 
the airplane in normal flight must be 
padded. 

(l) Each forward observer’s seat re-

quired by the operating rules must be 
shown to be suitable for use in con-

ducting the necessary enroute inspec-
tion. 

[Amdt. 25–72, 55 FR 29780, July 20, 1990, as 
amended by Amdt. 25–88, 61 FR 57956, Nov. 8, 
1996] 

§ 25.787

Stowage compartments. 

(a) Each compartment for the stow-

age of cargo, baggage, carry-on arti-
cles, and equipment (such as life rafts), 
and any other stowage compartment 
must be designed for its placarded max-
imum weight of contents and for the 
critical load distribution at the appro-
priate maximum load factors cor-
responding to the specified flight and 
ground load conditions, and to the 
emergency landing conditions of 
§ 25.561(b), except that the forces speci-
fied in the emergency landing condi-
tions need not be applied to compart-
ments located below, or forward, of all 
occupants in the airplane. If the air-
plane has a passenger seating configu-
ration, excluding pilots seats, of 10 
seats or more, each stowage compart-
ment in the passenger cabin, except for 
underseat and overhead compartments 
for passenger convenience, must be 
completely enclosed. 

(b) There must be a means to prevent 

the contents in the compartments from 
becoming a hazard by shifting, under 
the loads specified in paragraph (a) of 
this section. For stowage compart-
ments in the passenger and crew cabin, 
if the means used is a latched door, the 
design must take into consideration 
the wear and deterioration expected in 
service. 

(c) If cargo compartment lamps are 

installed, each lamp must be installed 
so as to prevent contact between lamp 
bulb and cargo. 

[Doc. No. 5066, 29 FR 18291, Dec. 24, 1964, as 
amended by Amdt. 25–32, 37 FR 3969, Feb. 24, 
1972; Amdt. 25–38, 41 FR 55466, Dec. 20, 1976; 
Amdt. 25–51, 45 FR 7755, Feb. 4, 1980] 

§ 25.789

Retention of items of mass in 

passenger and crew compartments 
and galleys. 

(a) Means must be provided to pre-

vent each item of mass (that is part of 
the airplane type design) in a passenger 
or crew compartment or galley from 
becoming a hazard by shifting under 
the appropriate maximum load factors 
corresponding to the specified flight 

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