14 CFR 121.573
§ 121.573 Briefing passengers: Extended overwater operations.
United States · 14 CFR — Aeronautics and Space · Status: effective
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- 14 CFR 121.573, § 121.573 Briefing passengers: Extended overwater operations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/56900
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(a) In addition to the oral briefing required by § 121.571(a), each certificate holder operating an airplane in extended overwater operations shall ensure that all passengers are orally briefed by the appropriate crewmember on the location and operation of life preservers, liferafts, and other flotation means, including a demonstration of the method of donning and inflating a life preserver.
(b) The certificate holder shall describe in its manual the procedure to be followed in the briefing required by paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) If the airplane proceeds directly over water after takeoff, the briefing required by paragraph (a) of this section must be done before takeoff.
(d) If the airplane does not proceed directly over water after takeoff, no part of the briefing required by paragraph (a) of this section has to be given before takeoff, but the entire briefing must be given before reaching the overwater part of the flight.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.