Sec. 526. Flight data recovery from overwater operations
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The Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall direct the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee in this section) to review regulations regarding flight data recovery for aircraft— operated under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; and used in extended overwater operations. In carrying out the review pursuant to subsection (a), the Committee shall evaluate if aircraft described in subsection
(a)should be equipped with a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder that— provide a means, in the event of an accident, to recover mandatory flight data parameters in a manner that does not require the underwater retrieval of the cockpit voice recorder or flight data recorder; is equipped with a tamper-resistant method to broadcast sufficient information to a ground station to establish the location where an aircraft terminates flight as the result of an accident within 6 nautical miles of the point of impact of the aircraft; and is equipped with an airframe low-frequency underwater locating device that functions for at least 90 days and that can be detected by appropriate equipment. The Committee shall, if applicable, provide recommendations to the Administrator to update such regulations described in subsection (a).