EO OPS 1.825 - Life Jackets (partial)
(a) Land aeroplanes. An operator shall not operate a land aeroplane:
(1) When flying over water and at a distance of more than 50 nautical miles from the shore; or
(2) When taking off or landing at an aerodrome where the take-off or approach path is so disposed over water that in the event of a mishap there would be a likelihood of a ditching, unless it is equipped with life jackets equipped with a survivor locator light, for each person on board. Each life jacket must be stowed in a position easily accessible from the seat or berth of the person for whose use it is provided. Life jackets for infants may be substituted by other approved flotation devices equipped with a survivor locator light ….
EU OPS 1.830 - Life-rafts and survival ELTs for extended overwater flights
(a) On overwater flights, an operator shall not operate an aeroplane at a distance away from land, which is suitable for making an emergency landing, greater than that corresponding to:
(1) 120 minutes at cruising speed or 400 nautical Redundant Rafts
In both US and European Regs, If you carry several life rafts, and the largest life raft is lost, then the remaining rafts must still be able to carry all the aircrafts occupants.
Here’s an example: Falcon 2000 EX, the maximum number of persons on board is 10 passengers and 3 crew. They carry 2 life rafts, each with a capacity for 9 persons. However, each raft is rated to take a 50% overload. Therefore, if one life raft is lost, then the remaining life raft, using its overload capacity, can take all persons that can be flown.
miles, whichever is the lesser, for aeroplanes capable of continuing the flight to an aerodrome with the critical power unit(s) becoming inoperative at any point along the route or planned diversions; or
(2) 30 minutes at cruising speed or 100 nautical miles, whichever is the lesser, for all other aeroplanes, unless the equipment specified in subparagraphs (b) and (c) below is carried.
(b) Sufficient life-rafts to carry all persons on board. Unless excess rafts of enough capacity are provided, the buoyancy and seating capacity beyond the rated capacity of the rafts must accommodate all occupants of the aeroplane in the event of a loss of one raft of the largest rated capacity. The life-rafts shall be equipped with:
(1) A survivor locator light; and
(2) Life saving equipment including means of sustaining life as appropriate to the flight to be undertaken; and
(c) At least two survival Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT (S)) capable of transmitting on the distress frequencies prescribed in ICAO Annex 10, Volume V, Chapter 2.
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