Exits and break - in markings

(1) This Article shall apply to every public transport aircraft Civil Aviation 365 (2) Whenever an aircraft to which this Article applies is carrying passengers, every exit therefrom and every internal door in the aircraft shall, during take-off and landing and during any emergency, be kept free of obstruction and shall not be fastened by locking or otherwise so as to prevent, hinder or delay its use by passengers, provided that an exit may be obstructed by cargo if it is an exit which, in accordance with arrangements approved by the Governor, either generally or in relation to a class of aircraft, or a particular aircraft, is not required for use by passengers. (3) Every exit from the aircraft, being an exit intended to be used by passengers in normal circumstances, shall be marked with the word “Exit” in capital letters and every exit, being an exit intended to be used by passengers in an emergency only, shall be marked with the words “Emergency Exit” in capital letters. (4) (a) Every exit from the aircraft shall be marked with instructions in English and in such other language or languages, if any, as may be prescribed, and with diagrams, to indicate the correct method of opening the exit. (b) the markings shall be placed on or near the inside surface of the door or other closure of the exit and, if it is openable from the outside of the aircraft, on or near the exterior surface. (5) (a) Every aircraft to which this Article applies, being and aircraft of which the maximum total weight authorised exceeds 8,000 lb., shall be marked upon the exterior surface of its fuselage with markings to show the areas (in this paragraph referred to as “break-in areas”) which can, for purposes of rescue in an emergency, be most readily and effectively broken into by persons outside the aircraft. (b) The break-in areas shall be rectangular in shape and shall be marked by right-angled 366 Civil Aviation corner markings, each arm of which shall be 4 inches in length along its outer edge and 1 inch in width. (c) The words “Cut here in Emergency” shall be marked across the centre of each break-in area in capital letters. (6) The markings required by this Article shall– (a) be painted, or affixed by other equally permanent means; (b) be red in colour and, in any case in which the colour of the adjacent background is such as to render red markings not readily visible, be outlined in white or some other contrasting colour in such a manner as to render them readily visible; (c) be kept at all times clean and unobscured. Imperilling