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# SERA.10005 Information to aircraft operating in the vicinity of an aircraft in a state of emergency

ANNEX: Rules of the Air · Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

IR Implementing rule

## SERA.10005 Information to aircraft operating in the vicinity of an aircraft in a state of emergency

(a) When it has been established by an [air traffic](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/air-traffic) services unit that an [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft) is in a state of emergency, other aircraft known to be in the vicinity of the aircraft involved shall, except as provided in (b), be informed of the nature of the emergency as soon as practicable.

(b) When an air traffic services unit knows or believes that an aircraft is being subjected to unlawful interference, no reference shall be made in ATS air-ground communications to the nature of the emergency unless it has first been referred to in communications from the aircraft involved and it is certain that such reference will not aggravate the situation.

IR · SERA.10005 — Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 · SERA Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 26 Aug 2025

[All rules in SECTION 10 Alerting service](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/sera/annex-rules-of-the-air/section-10)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 26 Aug 2025, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.