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Aircraft: Defibrillators

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 69274, tabled on 27 March 2017

Question

Corri Wilson
Scottish National Party
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to make the carriage of defibrillators compulsory on aeroplanes.

Answer

Mr John Hayes
Conservative
South Holland and The Deepings
Commons

Answered on

4 April 2017

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is responsible for the regulations relating to equipment to be carried on aircraft operating in Europe and competent national authorities, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) being such a body in the UK, are responsible for oversight of the compliance. The EASA regulations do not require aircraft to carry defibrillators.

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