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Rh : the person injured is a stowaway hiding outside the areas normally available to passengers and crew; or
 * (b) the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure which—
 * (i) adversely affects the structural strength, performance or flight characteristics of the aircraft; and
 * (ii) would normally require major repair or replacement of the affected component, except for engine failure or damage which is limited to the engine, its cowlings or accessories, or for damage limited to propellers, wing tips, antennas, tyres, brakes, fairings, small dents or puncture holes in the aircraft skin; or
 * (c) the aircraft is missing or completely inaccessible;

"accredited representative" means a person appointed by a Contracting State, on the basis of his qualifications, for the purpose of participating in an investigation conducted by another State;

"adviser" means a person appointed by a Contracting State, on the basis of his qualifications, for the purpose of assisting its accredited representative in an investigation conducted by another State;

"aircraft" means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air other than the reactions of the air against the earth’s surface;

"Annex 13" means Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention as amended from time to time by the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation;

"ATS" means air traffic services and includes flight information service, alerting service, air traffic advisory service, air traffic control service, area control service, approach control service and aerodrome control service;

"causes" means actions, omissions, events, conditions, or a combination thereof, which led to the accident or incident;

"Chief Inspector" means the Chief Inspector of Accidents appointed under paragraph 7 (2);