Safety

Meteorological threats to the safety of flight have been a primary concern to ICAO since the earliest days of our work, and as such, we have maintained cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization throughout our history. This…

Using the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to get directions to a destination is a common daily experience for most of us. The navigation applications of virtually all smartphones are based on the Global Positioning System (GPS),…

About 100 companies, large and small, are racing to develop certifiable airframes that can handle up to six passengers; some think they will be flying by 2021, most by about 2025, and there are predictions of thousands of such “flying cars”…

Accidents and incidents between aircraft and wildlife, and more specifically with birds, have been documented since the dawn of aviation. While piloting his aeroplane on 7 September 1905, Orville Wright had what is believed to be the first…

Opening the Sixth ICAO Africa (AFI) Aviation Week in Kampala last week, ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu stressed how ongoing aviation safety, security, and capacity improvements all across Africa are maximizing air transport’s role as a…

As the development of UAS Traffic Management (UTM) continues to advance, there remains a need to focus on the next evolution of the ability for aircraft, both manned and unmanned, to safely integrate into a finite airspace structure. The…

Collisions between passenger aircraft are among the most catastrophic accidents imaginable. The first mid-air collision occurred in 1956 over the Grand Canyon, killing all 128 passengers and the crew of both airliners.  As a result, in the…

‏One of the most vital roles in support of international civil aviation is the provision of Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), the objective of which is to ensure uniformity and consistency in the flow of aeronautical information/data…