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General
Securing Your Child Restraint in
Aircraft
Installing Child Restraint Rear-facing
in Aircraft
Installing Child Restraint
Rear-facing in Aircraft (cont.)
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.
ARROW
MUST
BE LEVEL WITH
GROUND WHEN USED REAR-FACING
REAR OF VEHICLE
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Adjust the child restraint to its
recline position
(p.
), then place it on the aircraft seat
rear-facing,
as shown above.
IMPORTANT:
Before installing the child restraint, make
sure the
aircraft seat is in a fully upright position
.
Aircraft
Seat Belt
Pull the seat pad off the front of the child restraint.
Route the aircraft seat belt through the rear-facing belt
path 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 is
in front
of the crotch strap
, as shown above.
Fasten the aircraft seat belt.
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