RUNWAY SAFETY GUIDANCE NEEDS BETTER PROMOTION, HEARS ICAO SEMINAR

A EUROPEAN regional runway safety seminar has heard that “more efforts are still needed to promote existing guidance material” on reducing runway incidents, including advice from the meeting’s organiser ICAO, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).Staged in Istanbul, Turkey, from November 6-8, a summary of discussions noted that while “consensus exists on the importance of collaborative approaches and safety information exchange” improving runway safety, “legal and cultural obstacles remain in some cases”.A key method of making ...


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