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Electronic Code of Federal Regulations -- Title 14: Aeronautics and Space

PART 25—AIRWORTHINESS STANDARDS: TRANSPORT CATEGORY AIRPLANES

Subpart D—Design and Construction

Personnel and Cargo Accommodations

§ 25.785 Seats, berths, safety belts, and harnesses.

(a) A seat (or berth for a nonambulant person) must be provided for each occupant who has reached his or her second birthday.
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2) In the certification documents for tranport aircraft, there are numerous technical specifications seats have to meet, which it would be very, very difficult for these backboard to satisfy for reasons I won't go into in such a limited comment space.

Mostly, this story was just lousy reporting.]]>May 7th 2006 11:14AM