Safety

When it’s bird versus airplane, both lose. The energy released when a 3 kg (6.6 lb) bird is hit by an aircraft traveling 150 mph equals the energy released by dropping a 47 lb object from 100 feet. The results can be devastating. Just…

Pilot and Air Traffic Controller Communication in a Foreign Language Dr. Francois Grosjean interviews Dr. Bürki-Cohen There are some 100,000 commercial flights each day in the world, which means that literally millions of interactions…

With the Asia and Pacific (APAC) air traffic market poised to become the world’s largest by 2022, ministers in charge of civil aviation representing 36 governments met together in Beijing last week to endorse a new declaration formalizing…

Accident investigations have shown that deficiencies and inaccuracies in safety information briefings, signs, placards and markings can negatively impact passenger survival rates. Well-informed, knowledgeable passengers have a better chance…

ICAO will host the once-a-decade Air Navigation Conference in October 2018, that will bring Member States and aviation stakeholders together to build on ever-evolving global strategies for safety and air navigation planning, development and…

During ICAO’s Second Global Air Navigation Industry Symposium (GANIS/2) event that was held earlier this month, Mr. David Nakamura received the ICAO Walter Binaghi Air Navigation Commission Laurel Award. ICAO’s Air Navigation Commission…

ICAO concluded new technical information agreements that will help ensure greater alignment between its global aviation standards and the related work being pursued by RTCA Inc., the European Organization for Civil Aviation Equipment…

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) convened the first Global Forum on Planning and Implementation Regional Groups (PIRGs) and Regional Aviation Safety Groups (RASGs). The objective of the Global Forum was to bring ICAO,…