Emergency Recovery and Flight Termination Systems

In plain language

Your drone must have a built-in emergency recovery system, such as a flight termination switch or an automatic return-to-land routine, that works during launch, flight, and landing.

Requirement as structured

CAAS states that the UAS design should integrate an emergency recovery capability, consisting of a flight termination system, an automatic pre-programmed emergency recovery procedure, or both, functional in all flight phases.

Original regulatory text

The UA design should be integrated with emergency recovery capability which should consist of: i) A flight termination system, procedure or function that allows the UA pilot to end the flight as soon as practicable; ii) An emergency recovery procedure that is implemented through the GCS or UA (including automatic pre-programmed course of action to reach a pre-defined landing area); or iii) Any combination of (i) and (ii). The emergency recovery capability should be functional in all phases of flights

Applies when

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