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§ 135.127 

that is audible to each passenger under 
normal noise levels. 

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as 
amended by Amdt. 135–9, 51 FR 40709, Nov. 7, 
1986; Amdt. 135–25, 53 FR 12362, Apr. 13, 1988; 
Amdt. 135–44, 57 FR 42675, Sept. 15, 1992; 57 
FR 43776, Sept. 22, 1992; 69 FR 39294, June 29, 
2004; Amdt. 135–129, 79 FR 9973, Feb. 21, 2014] 

§ 135.119 Prohibition against carriage 

of weapons. 

No person may, while on board an 

aircraft being operated by a certificate 
holder, carry on or about that person a 
deadly or dangerous weapon, either 
concealed or unconcealed. This section 
does not apply to— 

(a) Officials or employees of a mu-

nicipality or a State, or of the United 
States, who are authorized to carry 
arms; or 

(b) Crewmembers and other persons 

authorized by the certificate holder to 
carry arms. 

§ 135.120 Prohibition on interference 

with crewmembers. 

No person may assault, threaten, in-

timidate, or interfere with a crew-
member in the performance of the 
crewmember’s duties aboard an air-
craft being operated under this part. 

[Doc. No. FAA–1998–4954, 64 FR 1080, Jan. 7, 
1999] 

§ 135.121 Alcoholic beverages. 

(a) No person may drink any alco-

holic beverage aboard an aircraft un-
less the certificate holder operating 
the aircraft has served that beverage. 

(b) No certificate holder may serve 

any alcoholic beverage to any person 
aboard its aircraft if that person ap-
pears to be intoxicated. 

(c) No certificate holder may allow 

any person to board any of its aircraft 
if that person appears to be intoxi-
cated. 

§ 135.122 Stowage of food, beverage, 

and passenger service equipment 

during aircraft movement on the 

surface, takeoff, and landing. 

(a) No certificate holder may move 

an aircraft on the surface, take off, or 
land when any food, beverage, or table-
ware furnished by the certificate hold-
er is located at any passenger seat. 

(b) No certificate holder may move 

an aircraft on the surface, take off, or 
land unless each food and beverage 
tray and seat back tray table is se-
cured in its stowed position. 

(c) No certificate holder may permit 

an aircraft to move on the surface, 
take off, or land unless each passenger 
serving cart is secured in its stowed po-
sition. 

(d) Each passenger shall comply with 

instructions given by a crewmember 
with regard to compliance with this 
section. 

[Doc. No. 26142, 57 FR 42675, Sept. 15, 1992] 

§ 135.123 Emergency and emergency 

evacuation duties. 

(a) Each certificate holder shall as-

sign to each required crewmember for 
each type of aircraft as appropriate, 
the necessary functions to be per-
formed in an emergency or in a situa-
tion requiring emergency evacuation. 
The certificate holder shall ensure that 
those functions can be practicably ac-
complished, and will meet any reason-
ably anticipated emergency including 
incapacitation of individual crew-
members or their inability to reach the 
passenger cabin because of shifting 
cargo in combination cargo-passenger 
aircraft. 

(b) The certificate holder shall de-

scribe in the manual required under 
§ 135.21 the functions of each category 
of required crewmembers assigned 
under paragraph (a) of this section. 

§ 135.125 Aircraft security. 

Certificate holders conducting opera-

tors conducting operations under this 
part must comply with the applicable 
security requirements in 49 CFR chap-
ter XII. 

[67 FR 8350, Feb. 22, 2002] 

§ 135.127 Passenger information re-

quirements and smoking prohibi-

tions. 

(a) No person may conduct a sched-

uled flight on which smoking is prohib-
ited by part 252 of this title unless the 
‘‘No Smoking’’ passenger information 
signs are lighted during the entire 
flight, or one or more ‘‘No Smoking’’ 
placards meeting the requirements of