Airworthiness: a shared responsibility
Six years since its last update, ICAO recently released the fourth and latest edition of Doc 9760, which provides enhanced guidance on airworthiness inspection and flight safety. This updated copy…
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The five principles of human performance
The international aviation sector relies on people and their ability to perform in high-stress situations. Employees continuously adapt to meet the needs of a dynamic work environment, with environmental, organizational, occupational, human…
Airworthiness: a shared responsibility
Six years since its last update, ICAO recently released the fourth and latest edition of Doc 9760, which provides enhanced guidance on airworthiness inspection and flight safety. This updated copy of the manual has been revised and…
ICAO’s Visible Digital Seal gains acceptance for global health proof verification
With countries working to re-establish global travel and trade through aviation, the need to provide internationally verifiable health proof to travelers has become an urgent global concern. The new ICAO Visible Digital Seal (VDS),…
How can high-tech sensors improve runway safety?
Runway safety is the aviation industry’s No. 1 risk category. With a recent study from Airbus revealing that runway overruns and excursions accounted for 36% of hull losses and 16% of fatal accidents between 1999 and 2019, airports of all…
The new resource package for countries that are establishing COVID-19 travel corridors
To assist countries seeking to establish public health travel corridors during their COVID-19 recovery phases, ICAO has just released a new implementation package (iPack) on Establishing a Public Health Corridor (PHC). The new travel…
Air traffic management safety: practical guidance for conducting an assessment
Safety is a global priority in aviation and adequate training is essential for identifying, reducing, and mitigating potential risks and hazards. From 23-25 June 2021, Sunok Lee, Asia/Pacific Regional Security Officer, conducted a three-day…
What are ICAO State Safety Programme Implementation Assessments?
Overview of the development, evolution, and maturation
The State Safety Programme Implementation Assessment (SSPIA) is a performance-based activity that falls under the framework of the Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme (USOAP)…
Aviation is key to Pacific Island’s pandemic recovery strategies
This week's Pacific Regional Aviation Ministers Meeting provided ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu with a platform to reiterate the critical importance of positioning aviation as a key component within governments’ pandemic recovery…