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Division (c) F1F2

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The pilot-in-command of a controlled flight must declare a situation of ‘fuel or energy emergency’ by broadcasting ‘MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY FUEL’ when the usable fuel or energy estimated to be available upon landing at the nearest aerodrome or operating site where a safe landing can be made is less than the planned final reserve fuel or energy.

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F1

Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 800/2013 of 14 August 2013 amending Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).

F2

Annex 7 point NCO.OP.185 substituted (30.10.2025) by The Aviation Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1290), regs. 1(3), 10(2)(m)

Notes on Annex VII

Textual amendments

F2

Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/140 of 29 January 2015 amending Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as regards sterile flight crew compartment and correcting that Regulation.