Safety critical

Safety critical means essential to safe performance or operation. A safety-critical system, subsystem, component, condition, event, operation, process, or item, is one whose proper recognition, control, performance, or tolerance, is essential to ensuring public safety and the safety of property.

Source

14 CFR § 401.7


Scoping language

For the purposes of this chapter unless otherwise excepted, the following definitions apply:

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