Cap. 641 Art. 66Helicopter and combined cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder.

(1) This article applies to any helicopter required to carry a combined cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder specified under the provisions issued by the Director General pursuant to articles 23 and 36(4).

(2) Subject to article 59, the operator of a helicopter shall at all times preserve either the last eight (8) hours of recording made by the combined cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder or the recording specified in sub-article (3).

(3) The recording referred to in sub-article (2) shall be:

(a) the last five (5) hours of recording or the duration of the last flight, whichever is the greater; and

(b) an additional period of recording in accordance with sub-article (4) and which together with the period preserved under paragraph (a) amounts to eight (8) hours.

(4) The additional period of recording referred to in sub-article

(3) shall be:

(a) the period immediately preceding the period preserved under sub-article (3)(a); or

(b) such period as the Directorate may permit in any particular case or class of cases or generally.

(5) The additional recording specified in sub-article (4) shall be retained in accordance with arrangements approved by the Director General.