14 CFR 121.570
§ 121.570 Airplane evacuation capability.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 121.570, § 121.570 Airplane evacuation capability, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/56898
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(a) No person may cause an airplane carrying passengers to be moved on the surface, take off, or land unless each automatically deployable emergency evacuation assisting means, installed pursuant to § 121.310(a), is ready for evacuation.
(b) Each certificate holder shall ensure that, at all times passengers are on board prior to airplane movement on the surface, at least one floor-level exit provides for the egress of passengers through normal or emergency means.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.