12.7 Main and Emergency Lighting
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12.7 Main and Emergency Lighting

  12.7.1 A main electric lighting system which should provide illumination throughout those spaces and parts of the craft normally accessible to and used by passengers or crew should be supplied from the main source of power.

  12.7.2 Arrangement of the main lighting system should be such that a fire or other occurrences in the space containing the main source of power will not render the emergency lighting system inoperative.

  12.7.3 The intensity of the main lighting system should be adequate to provide:

  • (a) the control of all essential machinery and arrangements:

  • (b) legibility of all identification inscriptions;

  • (c) reading of all indicating and recording instruments; and

  • (d) clear visibility inside all spaces used by passengers and crew.

  12.7.4 Emergency lighting should come into operation automatically in the event of failure of the main supply and should be adequate to facilitate the evacuation of the passengers and crew. The Administration should take account of the fact that escape routes may have reduced visibility due to smoke, steam, etc.


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