search and rescue [ air-sea rescue | combat search and rescue | CSAR | ground search and rescue | maritime search and rescue | mountain rescue | MSAR | SAR operation | search and rescue mission | search and rescue operation | search-and-rescue operation | urban search and rescue | USAR | Lifesaving(ECLAS) ]

search and rescue | search and rescue service | SAR [Abbr.]

National Search and Rescue Secretariat [ NSS,NSRS | Interdepartmental Committee on Search and Rescue Secretariat ]

International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual [ IAMSAR | Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual ]

Ordinance of 17 March 1955 on the Organisation and Use of the Civil Aviation Search and Rescue Service [ OUSRSO ]

Ordinance of 7 November 2001 on the Civil Aviation Search and Rescue Service [ SRSO ]

search and rescue flights authorised by the appropriate competent body.

There is only one Member State exempting flight crew and attendants on emergency or rescue flights and other helpers in case of a disaster or accident from the visa requirement, therefore this Regulation would abolish this category.

(b) military flights performed by military aircraft, flights by customs and police services, flights for search and rescue purposes as well as medical and disaster relief including fire-fighting which are authorised by the appropriate competent authority;

"Aviation Flights which arrive at or depart from an airport situated in the territory of a Member State to which the Treaty applies. This activity shall not include: (a) military flights performed by military aircraftflights by customs and police services, flights for search and rescue purposes as well as medical and disaster relief including fire-fighting which are authorised by the appropriate competent authority; (b) flights for humanitarian purposes under a mandate from the United Nations or its subsidiary organisations and Emergency Medical Service flights, if the aircraft operator has been instructed to perform them (e.g. by the United Nations) or holds the necessary official authorisation (licence for such EMS flights under its Air ...[+++]Operator's Certificate); (c) flights terminating at the aerodrome from which the aircraft has taken off and during which no intermediate landing has been made; (d) training flights performed exclusively for the purpose of obtaining a licence, or a rating in the case of cockpit flight crew where this is substantiated by an appropriate remark in the flight plan provided that the flight does not serve for the transport of passengers and/or cargo ; (e) flights performed exclusively for the purpose of scientific research or for the purpose of checking, testing, qualifying or certifying aircraft , equipment or air-traffic-management procedures , whether airborne or ground-based; ferrying new aircraft as well as ferry flights performed by or on behalf of an aircraft owner as a consequence of the occurrence of a sudden early termination event, event of default, repossession, or similar occurrence in respect of a leasing, charter or similar arrangement ; and (f) flights performed by aircraft with a certified maximum take-off weight of less than 20 000 kg , under the condition that operators of these aircraft participate in an offset scheme which operates according to strict criteria and which must be open to external control (comparab ...