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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.
IMPORTANT
You must use the internal harness when installing the child restraint
in aircraft.
Before installing the child restraint, make sure the
aircraft seat is in
a fully upright position
.
DO NOT
use the convenience base when installing child restraint in
aircraft.
Installing Carrier WITHOUT Convenience
Base in Aircraft
Place the child
restraint on the
aircraft seat
rear-facing
, as
shown above.
Aircraft
Seat Belt
Position 3
Squeeze both
handle releases and
move the handle to
Position 3
.
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