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Key Safety Issues

Runway Safety (approach and landing)

Runway safety (approach and landing) includes such issues as runway excursions, contaminated runways, high approach speeds, unstable approaches and go-around decision making. In our Key Safety Issues, we differentiate runway safety (approach and landing) from runway safety (conflict), which covers aircraft-to-aircraft or aircraft-to-other-vehicle conflicts on runways and taxiways, because of the difference in type of risk and occurrences.

Broadly speaking, runway safety–related events represent one of the International Civil Aviation Organization's high risk occurrence categories. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board lists runway overruns and unstable approaches on its Watchlist 2016 of top safety concerns, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau lists "handling approach to land" on its most recent SafetyWatch.

Recent Fatal Accidents

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 TOTAL
2 0 0 2 3 7

Source: Aviation Safety Network

Analysis

European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Excursions (Eurocontrol)

Runway Safety Programme — Global Runway Safety Action Plan (ICAO)

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News, Runway Safety (approach and landing), Safety Oversight

‘More Proactive’ Watchlist From Canada’s TSB

Transportation Safety Board says Transport Canada is taking too long to address some safety recommendations.

by Linda Werfelman

News, Runway Safety (approach and landing), Winter/Challenging Ops

Bracing for Winter Weather

FAA has introduced a new package of takeoff and landing performance assessment methods to reduce the risk of runway overruns in this winter.

by Linda Werfelman

News, Runway Safety (approach and landing), Airport Ops, ATC/ATM

Japan Intl. Cooperation Agency to Provide Airport Safety Aid Money to Nepal

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a grant agreement with the government of Nepal to provide up to ¥1.452 billion ($14 million) in aid for aviation safety facilities…

by Frank Jackman

Blog, Runway Safety (approach and landing), Accident Investigation

Emirates confirms initial details of it’s Dubai accident

The hours after an accident is first reported can be very speculative.  Yet shortly after the investigation is underway, some of the first facts are confirmed by the airline along with details on…

by Mark Millam

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Accident Investigation, Causal Factors

Off Course and Below Minimums

Pressing on in a blinding deluge, the pilots were searching for the runway when the ATR 72 impacted a residential area.

by Mark Lacagnina

Runway Safety (approach and landing), ATC/ATM, Cover Story

Controller Reinforcements

Renewed government-industry collaboration targets U.S. runway incursions, including those tied to ATC operational incidents.

by Wayne Rosenkrans

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Airport Ops

Trend Spotting

Airports Council International will dive into five years of data to share insights from peer reviews of 50 airports.

by Wayne Rosenkrans

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Aviation Research, Strategic Issues

Outside The Box

Aviation researchers set aside comfortable assumptions to more quickly and effectively address risk factors.

by Wayne Rosenkrans

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Regional Safety, Runway Safety

Stable Approach

The Regional Aviation Safety Group–Middle East consistently advocates risk mitigations for landing accidents.

by Wayne Rosenkrans

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Accident Investigation, On Record

‘Impossible to Stop’

The following information provides an awareness of problems that might be avoided in the future. The information is based on final reports by official investigative authorities on aircraft accidents and…

by Mark Lacagnina

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