BSISO 15845:2014 BSl Standards Publication Aircraft ground egquipment - Boarding vehicle for persons with reduced mobility - Functional and safety requirements bsi. ..making excellence a habit: BS ISO 15845:2014 BRITISH STANDARD National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of IS0 15845:2014. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee ACE/57, Air cargo and ground support equipment. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. @ The British Standards Institution 2014. Published by BSI Standards Limited 2014 ISBN9780580790591 ICS 49.100 Compliance witha British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations. This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 December 2014. Amendments issued since publication Date Text affected BS ISO 15845:2014 ISO INTERNATIONAL 15845 STANDARD First edition 2014-12-15 Aircraft ground equipment Boarding vehicle for persons with reduced mobility - Functional and safety requirements Matériel au sol pour aéronefs-Vehicule d'embarquement de personnes a mobilite reduite-Exigences fonctionnelles et de securite Referencenumber IS0 15845:2014(E) O @IS02014 BSISO15845:2014 IS0 15845:2014(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ISO 2014 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56:CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii ISO 2014-Allrights reserved BSISO15845:2014 IS015845:2014(E) Contents Page Foreword iv Introduction. V 1 Scope. .1 .2 2 Normative references .2 3 Terms and definitions 4 Generalrequirements. .4 4.1 Vehicle. 4 4.2 Van body 6 4.3 Boardingplatform 7 5 Controls. .9 5.1 General. .9 5.2 Upper operator's position .10 5.3 Driver's position .10 Stability and mobility .10 6 6.1 Stability requirements .10 6.2 Stabilizers .11 6.3 Mobility .11 7 Protection ofpersons .12 7.1 Safeguards against falling .12 7.2 Access. 13 7.3 Malfunctions. .13 8 Tail lift. .14 9 Transfer plate .14 10 Back-up systems .15 11 Emergency evacuation. .16 12 Optional features .16 13 Instructionsandmarkings. .16 13.1 Manufacturer'sinstructions. .16 13.2 Markings. .17 AnnexA (normative)Minimum spacerequirementsfora wheelchair or stretcher .18 Bibliography .20 @ ISo 2014- All rights reserved iii BSISO15845:2014 IS0 15845:2014(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organizationfor Standardization)is a worldwidefederation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through Iso technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations,governmental and non-governmental,inliaison with Iso, also takepart in the work. ISo collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are described in the Iso/IEC Directives, Part 1.In particular the different approval criteria needed for the different types of Iso documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the editorial rules of the ISo/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www.iso.org/directives). Attention is drawn to thepossibilitythat some