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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 91.1617
(FIR) (ZKKP), provided that such flight
operations are conducted under a con-
tract, grant, or cooperative agreement
with a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the U.S. government (or
under a subcontract between the prime
contractor 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 activi-
ties; second, for those operations in
support of government-sponsored ac-
tivities of a foreign country with the
support of a U.S. Government depart-
ment, 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 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 September 18, 2028. The
FAA may amend, rescind, or extend
this SFAR, as necessary.
[Docket No. FAA–2018–0838, Amdt. No. 91–352,
83 FR 47064, Sept. 18, 2018, as amended by
Amdt. No. 91–352A, 85 FR 55377, Sept. 8, 2020;
Docket No.: FAA–2018–0838; Amdt. No. 91–
352B, 88 FR 63525, Sept. 15, 2023]
§ 91.1617
Special Federal Aviation Reg-
ulation No. 117—Prohibition
Against Certain Flights in the
Tehran Flight Information Region
(FIR) (OIIX).
(a)
Applicability. This Special Federal
Aviation Regulation (SFAR) 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 U.S.-registered
civil aircraft, 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 Tehran Flight
Information Region (FIR) (OIIX).
(c)
Permitted operations. This section
does not prohibit persons described in
paragraph (a) of this section from con-
ducting flight operations in the Tehran
FIR (OIIX), provided that such flight
operations are conducted under a con-
tract, grant, or cooperative agreement
with a department, agency, or instru-
mentality of the U.S. Government (or
under a subcontract between the prime
contractor 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 activi-
ties; second, for those operations in
support of government-sponsored ac-
tivities of a foreign country with the
support of a U.S. Government depart-
ment, 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 14 CFR parts 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.
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