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Updated on 25/07/2024

Foreword

(1) This Civil Aviation Regulation (CAR) has been issued by the Civil Aviation Authority of Oman (hereinafter referred to as CAA or “the AUTHORITY”) under the provisions of the Civil Aviation Law of the Sultanate of Oman.

(2) This CAR has been modelled upon similar regulations implemented by other member States and includes the subject matter endorsed within ICAO Annex 12, Search and Rescue.

(3) CAR 176 prescribes the requirements for all organizations and entities that are delegated by the Authority to provide search and rescue services for domestic and international civil aviation aircraft operating in the Muscat Flight Information Region (FIR). For purposes of this regulation, the delegated search and rescue organizations and entities are hereinafter referred to as “the Delegate”.