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Definition
volume of airspace that provides a buffer around the flight volume (3.1.72)
NOTE If the uncrewed aircraft (UA) (3.1.134) leaves the flight volume and enters the contingency volume, then the contingency procedures, documented in the operations manual (3.1.110), are required to be activated.
[SOURCE: UK CAA, CAP 722D, Unmanned aircraft system operations in UK airspace: Abbreviations and master glossary] [6]
Previous version: 1.0 Release date: September 2023
volume of airspace that provides a buffer around the flight volume (3.1.72)
NOTE If the “uncrewed aircraft (UA)” (3.1.134) leaves the flight volume and enters the contingency volume, then the contingency procedures, documented in the “operations manual” (3.1.110) must be activated.
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