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§ 91.1609 

(d) 

Emergency situations. In an emer-

gency that requires immediate decision 
and action for the safety of the flight, 
the pilot in command of an aircraft 
may deviate from this section to the 
extent required by that emergency. Ex-
cept for U.S. air carriers and commer-
cial operators that are subject to the 
requirements of 14 CFR part 119, 121, 
125, or 135, each person who deviates 
from this section must, within 10 days 
of the deviation, excluding Saturdays, 
Sundays, and Federal holidays, submit 
to the responsible Flight Standards Of-
fice a complete report of the operations 
of the aircraft involved in the devi-
ation, including a description of the de-
viation and the reasons for it. 

(e) 

Expiration. This SFAR will remain 

in effect until March 20, 2025. The FAA 
may amend, rescind, or extend this 
SFAR, as necessary. 

[Docket No FAA–2011–0246; Amdt. No.91–321E, 
85 FR 45091, July 27, 2020, as amended by 
Docket No. FAA–2011–0246; Amdt. No. 91– 
321F, 88 FR 16878, Mar. 21, 2023] 

§ 91.1605

Special Federal Aviation Reg-

ulation No. 77—Prohibition Against 
Certain Flights in the Baghdad 
Flight Information Region (FIR) 
(ORBB). 

(a) 

Applicability.  This section applies 

to the following persons: 

(1) All U.S. air carriers and U.S. com-

mercial operators; 

(2) All persons exercising the privi-

leges of an airman certificate issued by 
the FAA, except when such persons are 
operating U.S.-registered aircraft for a 
foreign air carrier; and 

(3) All operators of civil aircraft reg-

istered in the United States, except 
when the operator of such aircraft is a 
foreign air carrier. 

(b) 

Flight prohibition. Except as pro-

vided in paragraphs (c) and (d) of this 
section, no person described in para-
graph (a) of this section may conduct 
flight operations in the Baghdad Flight 
Information Region (FIR) (ORBB) at 
altitudes below Flight Level (FL) 320. 

(c) 

Permitted operations. This section 

does not prohibit persons described in 
paragraph (a) of this section from con-
ducting flight operations in the Bagh-
dad FIR (ORBB) at altitudes below 
FL320, provided that such flight oper-
ations occur under a contract, grant, 

or cooperative agreement with a de-
partment, agency, or instrumentality 
of the U.S. Government (or under a 
subcontract between the prime con-
tractor of the department, agency, or 
instrumentality, and the person de-
scribed in paragraph (a) of this section) 
with the approval of the FAA, or under 
an exemption issued by the FAA. The 
FAA will consider requests for ap-
proval or exemption in a timely man-
ner, with the order of preference being: 
first, for those operations in support of 
U.S. Government-sponsored activities; 
second, for those operations in support 
of government-sponsored activities of a 
foreign country with the support of a 
U.S. Government department, agency, 
or instrumentality; and third, for all 
other operations. 

(d) 

Emergency situations. In an emer-

gency that requires immediate decision 
and action for the safety of the flight, 
the pilot in command of an aircraft 
may deviate from this section to the 
extent required by that emergency. Ex-
cept for U.S. air carriers and commer-
cial operators that are subject to the 
requirements of part 119, 121, 125, or 135 
of this chapter, each person who devi-
ates from this section must, within 10 
days of the deviation, excluding Satur-
days, Sundays, and Federal holidays, 
submit to the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office a complete report of the op-
erations of the aircraft involved in the 
deviation, including a description of 
the deviation and the reasons for it. 

(e) 

Expiration. This SFAR will remain 

in effect until October 26, 2024. The 
FAA may amend, rescind, or extend 
this SFAR, as necessary. 

[Docket No. FAA–2018–0927, Amdt. No. 91– 
353A, 85 FR 65693, Oct. 16, 2020, as amended by 
Amdt. No. 91–353B, 87 FR 57390, Sept. 20, 2022] 

§ 91.1607

[Reserved] 

§ 91.1609

Special Federal Aviation Reg-

ulation No. 114—Prohibition 
Against Certain Flights in the Da-
mascus Flight Information Region 
(FIR) (OSTT). 

(a) 

Applicability.  This section applies 

to the following persons: 

(1) All U.S. air carriers and U.S. com-

mercial operators; 

(2) All persons exercising the privi-

leges of an airman certificate issued by 
the FAA, except when such persons are 

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