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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 appropri-
ate 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
ARROW
MUST
BE LEVEL WITH
GROUND WHEN USED REAR-FACING
REAR OF VEHICLE
1
Adjust the child restraint to its recline position
(page 36), 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.
IMPORTANT
You must use the internal harness when installing the child
restraint in aircraft.
Aircraft
Seat Belt
Installing Child Restraint Rear-facing
in Aircraft
Pull the seat pad off the front of the child restraint.
Route the aircraft seat belt
A
through the rear-facing
belt path
B
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
A
is in
front of the crotch strap
C
, as shown above.
A
B
C
2
Fasten the aircraft seat belt
A
.
3
A
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