14 CFR 27.1561
§ 27.1561 Safety equipment.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 27.1561, § 27.1561 Safety equipment, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/54664
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(a) Each safety equipment control to be operated by the crew in emergency, such as controls for automatic liferaft releases, must be plainly marked as to its method of operation.
(b) Each location, such as a locker or compartment, that carries any fire extinguishing, signaling, or other life saving equipment, must be so marked.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.