Combination recorders
119.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), an AOC holder may, in lieu of complying with the requirements of regulations 116 and 117, equip every relevant aircraft that corresponds to one of the following descriptions with the flight recorder system specified for that aircraft:
(a)an aeroplane with an MCTOM exceeding 5,700 kg, that is required to be equipped with a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder, may be equipped with 2 combination recorders (one forward and one aft);
(b)a multi-engine turbine-powered aeroplane with an MCTOM not exceeding 5,700 kg, that is required to be equipped with a flight data recorder or a cockpit voice recorder, or both, may be equipped with one combination recorder;
(c)a helicopter that is required to be equipped with any flight recorder may be equipped with a combination recorder.
(2)  An AOC holder may, in lieu of complying with the requirements of regulations 116 and 117, equip an aeroplane with an MCTOM exceeding 15,000 kg with 2 combination recorders if —
(a)the application for type certification of the aeroplane is submitted to a Contracting State on or after 1 January 2016; and
(b)the aeroplane is required to be equipped with both a flight data recorder and a cockpit voice recorder under these Regulations.
(3)  The combination recorders provided in accordance with paragraph (2) must be located at different parts of the aeroplane, with one located as close to the cockpit as practicable and the other located as far away as practicable.
(4)  In this regulation, “combination recorder” means a flight recorder with the functions of both a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder.