Article 81. Notification about aircraft in distress or distressed

Enterprises, institutions and organizations with communications means are required to provide these means for the immediate passage of information on aircraft in distress or distressed.

The provision of communication means, reception and transmission of information on assistance to an aircraft in distress or distressed, its passengers and crew, is carried out of turn with payment at the usual rate. The first report of such an incident is free of charge.

The procedure for using public communication equipment for warning of aircraft in distress or distressed is established by the Ministry of Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan together with the Aviation Administration and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Local authorities, enterprises, institutions and organizations are obliged to immediately inform the Unified aviation search and rescue service or to the nearest aerodrome about all known cases of aircraft distress. Citizens are obliged to immediately inform local authorities or the nearest enterprises, institutions and organizations about such cases.