Flight recorders — data link recorders
119.—(1)  An AOC holder must ensure that every large aeroplane that corresponds to one of the following descriptions records the data link communications messages on a crash-protected flight recorder (called in this regulation a data link recorder):
(a)a large aeroplane for which the Certificate of Airworthiness is first issued on or after 1 January 2016, that utilises any data link communications applications specified by the Director‑General of Civil Aviation, and which is required to carry a cockpit voice recorder under regulation 118;
(b)a large aeroplane —
(i)for which the Certificate of Airworthiness is first issued before 1 January 2016;
(ii)which is modified on or after 1 January 2016 to install and utilise any of the data link communications applications specified by the Director‑General of Civil Aviation;
(iii)which is required to carry a cockpit voice recorder under regulation 118; and
(iv)which is not modified on or after 1 January 2016 to install any data link communications equipment which complies with —
(A)the type design of the aeroplane that is approved by the State of Design before 1 January 2016; or
(B)a modification to the aeroplane that is approved by the State of Design or the State of Registry before 1 January 2016.
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(2)  An AOC holder must ensure that the minimum recording duration of the data link communications required for an aeroplane described in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) is equal to the minimum recording duration of the cockpit voice recorder.
(3)  An AOC holder must ensure that the recordings of the data link recorder can be correlated to the recorded cockpit audio.