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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recommends that
you secure your child for air travel in an appropriate child
restraint based on your child’s weight and size. Turbulence
can happen with little or no warning. When turbulence
occurs, the safest place for your child is in a properly
installed child restraint, not in an adult’s lap or on
the aircraft seat with its seat belt. Keeping your child
in a child restraint during the flight will help ensure your
family arrives safely at your destination.
The FAA recommends that a child weighing:*
• more than 18 kg (40 lbs) use an aircraft seat belt;
• less than 9 kg (20 lbs) use a rear-facing child restraint;
and
• from 9 to 18 kg (20 to 40 lbs) use a forward-facing child
restraint.
* Please note that these FAA recommendations may
vary from those applicable to the use of your child
restraint in a motor vehicle.
Installing Child Restraint Rear-facing
in Aircraft
Unbuckle the aircraft seat
belts
A
and lay over the
armrests, as shown.
Adjust the child
restraint
B
to its recline
position (page 21),
then place it on the
aircraft seat
C
rear-facing.
IMPORTANT: Before installing the child restraint,
make sure the aircraft seat is in a fully
upright position.
Securing Your Child Restraint in
Aircraft
B
C
1
A
Pull the seat pad off the front of the child restraint.
Route the aircraft seat belt
A
through the rear-facing
belt path
D
opening on one side and continue through
the belt path opening on the opposite side of the child
restraint, as shown above.
IMPORTANT: Make sure the aircraft seat belt
A
is in
front of the crotch strap
E
, as shown above.
Fasten the aircraft
seat belt
A
.
A
2
A
D
E
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