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FAA Warns Pilots About Passengers’ Oxygen Bottles
May 6, 2013 - 1:55pm

The FAA is cautioning cabin and cockpit crewmembers to guard against passengers attempting to bring personal oxygen bottles on board an aircraft. Contained O2 is considered a hazardous material both as a non-flammable gas and an oxidizer.

Part 121 and 135 regulations do allow air carriers to provide passengers with onboard compressed oxygen for personal use, provided they follow guidelines in their FAA-approved aircraft maintenance manual. However, these carriers are not allowed to permit passengers to bring their own oxygen tanks aboard.

FAA Issues AD for Challenger 300 Oxygen System
July 25, 2012 - 1:48pm

The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive for certain Bombardier Challenger 300s as a result of reports of deformation found at the neck of the pressure regulator body on the oxygen cylinder and regulator assembly (CRA). It requires an inspection to determine if a specified oxygen CRA is installed and to replace affected oxygen CRAs.
FAA Issues AD for Challenger 300 Oxygen System
July 11, 2012 - 11:46am

The FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) for the Bombardier Challenger 300 prompted by reports of deformation found at the neck of the pressure regulator body on the oxygen cylinder and regulator assembly (CRA). The AD requires an inspection to determine if a certain oxygen CRA is installed and the replacement of affected oxygen CRAs.
ADS Introduces Electronic Oxygen-planning Service
September 30, 2010 - 5:59am

How much oxygen do you need to make sure you’re not only legal for a planned flight but can also safely provide for crew and passengers in the event of a diversion? Aeronautical Data Systems (ADS), based in Upper Saddle River, N.J., has developed Web-based software that helps answer this question easily and comprehensively.