Liferaft recall

BFA Marine issue safety notice due to faulty valves

BFA Marine, a brand of Zodiac International has identified some overpressure valves failures on life rafts in use, which may lead to a complete deflation of the compartment when broken. The models affected are: Atlantic, Pacific, Baltic and XM/BFA Offshore.

In the event both overpressure valves of the two independent compartments would happen to break, the life raft will not be functional anymore and be useless.

As a preventive measure, BFA Marine urges its owners to bring back without delay their life raft to the nearest BFA approved service station, in order to check and potentially replace those overpressure valves.

The scope of the corrective action includes all BFA life rafts manufactured from 1997 until April 2007. (Serial n° from 10 001 to 50 180 until year 2002 and all serial numbers starting by prefix XDC after year 2002)

Web: http://www.bfa-marine.com
Email: bfamarinecontact@zodiac.com
Fax: +33 (0)5.46.87.72.22