Safety

Aviation has always been an international business, but it is also an increasingly transnational business. Its continued and sustainable development and success are dependent on cooperation and communication between competent authorities,…

Runway safety-related accidents and incidents are aviation’s number one safety-related risk category, with 59 reported accidents in 2016, of which more than half were due to runway excursions, according to  ICAO iSTARS data. A runway…

Traditionally, safety and security have been considered two distinct domains. Risk assessments based on identified hazards and threats were conducted in isolation and often not shared between the relevant practitioners. Recent events have…

Runway safety is a long-standing safety issue and has been aviation’s number one safety challenge for the past 20 years. About half of all aviation accidents reported to ICAO have been linked to runway safety. In September 2010, the 37th…

Traditionally, halogenated hydrocarbons (halons) have been the only fire-extinguishing agents used in civil transport aircraft as fire extinguishers because they are effective on different kinds of fires and they are very lightweight.…

Heightened regional cooperation and cutting edge technologies will be crucial to the delivery of sustainable air connectivity to all communities, ICAO Council President Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu declared last week at India’s Global Aviation…

Cabin safety contributes to the prevention of accidents and incidents, the protection of the aircraft’s occupants, through proactive safety management, including hazard identification and safety risk management, and the increase of…

Aircraft are required to be equipped with emergency locator transmitters (ELT). When an aircraft is involved in an accident, the ELT transmits a signal for search and rescue teams to be able to locate it, expediting the rescue of persons…