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Code · CFR · Title 14 — Aeronautics and Space · Part 121 — Operating Requirements: Domestic, Flag, and Supplemental Operations · § 121.589

§ 121.589. Carry-on baggage.

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(a)No certificate holder may allow the boarding of carry-on baggage on an airplane unless each passenger's baggage has been scanned to control the size and amount carried on board in accordance with an approved carry-on baggage program in its operations specifications. In addition, no passenger may board an airplane if his/her carry-on baggage exceeds the baggage allowance prescribed in the carry-on baggage program in the certificate holder's operations specifications.
(b)No certificate holder may allow all passenger entry doors of an airplane to be closed in preparation for taxi or pushback unless at least one required crewmember has verified that each article of baggage is stowed in accordance with this section and § 121.285
(c)and (d).
(c)No certificate holder may allow an airplane to take off or land unless each article of baggage is stowed:
(1)In a suitable closet or baggage or cargo stowage compartment placarded for its maximum weight and providing proper restraint for all baggage or cargo stowed within, and in a manner that does not hinder the possible use of any emergency equipment; or
(2)As provided in § 121.285
(c)and (d); or
(3)Under a passenger seat.
(d)Baggage, other than articles of loose clothing, may not be placed in an overhead rack unless that rack is equipped with approved restraining devices or doors.
(e)Each passenger must comply with instructions given by crewmembers regarding compliance with paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), and
(g)of this section.
(f)Each passenger seat under which baggage is allowed to be stowed shall be fitted with a means to prevent articles of baggage stowed under it from sliding forward. In addition, each aisle seat shall be fitted with a means to prevent articles of baggage stowed under it from sliding sideward into the aisle under crash impacts severe enough to induce the ultimate inertia forces specified in the emergency landing condition regulations under which the airplane was type certificated.
(g)In addition to the methods of stowage in paragraph
(c)of this section, flexible travel canes carried by blind individuals may be stowed—
(1)Under any series of connected passenger seats in the same row, if the cane does not protrude into an aisle and if the cane is flat on the floor; or
(2)Between a nonemergency exit window seat and the fuselage, if the cane is flat on the floor; or
(3)Beneath any two nonemergency exit window seats, if the cane is flat on the floor; or
(4)In accordance with any other method approved by the Administrator. [Docket 24996, 52 FR 21476, June 5, 1987, as amended by Amdt. 121-251, 60 FR 65935, Dec. 20, 1995]
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