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Securing Your Child Restraint in Aircraft
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
1. Place the child restraint in position.
Adjust the child restraint to its
most
reclined position
(
Recline Position #1, p. 58
), then place it on the
aircraft seat rear-facing, as shown.
buckle storage
IMPORTANT:
Before installing the child restraint, make
sure the
aircraft seat is in a fully upright position.
Note:
You may need to route the Lower Anchor
Connector Assembly through the forward-facing belt
path, if it interferes with the aircraft seat belt (p. 34).
After landing, refer to page 20 for vehicle installation.
IMPORTANT
You must use the internal harness when installing the
child restraint in aircraft.
Aircraft
Seat Belt
Installing Child Restraint Rear-facing
in Aircraft
2. Route aircraft seat belt through rear-
facing belt path.
Unhook the front of the child restraint’s seat pad and
move it out of the way. Route the aircraft seat belt
buckle through the rear-facing belt path opening on
one side and continue through the opening on the
opposite side of the child restraint, as shown.
IMPORTANT:
For aircraft use
ONLY
, make sure the
aircraft seat belt is positioned
in front of
the
buckle/
crotch strap, as shown above.
Buckle/Crotch
Strap
Aircraft
Seat Belt
Rear-facing
Belt Path
Opening
3. Fasten the aircraft seat belt, then remove
all slack from the belt.
The aircraft seat belt must be as tight as possible.
Using your full weight, push the child restraint firmly
onto the aircraft seat while pulling on the seat belt to
tighten. Route the excess seat belt strap through the
rear-facing belt path opening.
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