Global aviation bodies are worried over the percentage contribution of air accidents associated with runway operations. Amid calls for collaboration and introduction of safety initiatives, experts at a forum in Lagos last week set timelines for Nigeria to reduce runway incursion and related threats to air safety, KELVIN OSA OKUNBOR reports.
There is growing concern over air safety across the globe, following recurring incidents and accidents associated with runway operations. According to the International Civil Aviation Organisation ( ICAO), about one-third of aviation accidents are associated with runway operations.
Sequel to the development, ICAO introduced safety initiatives aimed at reducing runway-related accidents. The initiatives were endorsed last year by ICAO partners, including Flight Safety Foundation at the first meeting of the ICAO Global Runway Safety Symposium in Montreal, Canada.
The global civil aviation regulator, ICAO, has called for compilation and further development of best practices and greater sharing of information among member states.
One of the first requirements, it said, will be the development of common definitions, metrics and methods of analysis to enable more complete information sharing, as well as the improved reporting of operational hazards.
ICAO data showed that over the past five years, one-third of all aviation accidents have been linked to runway operations.
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No one hurt when jet scheduled to pick up donor organ slides off
runway in Wheeling
 A jet slid off the runway early on Jan. 26, 2016, at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling. (WGN-TV) A small twin-engine jet that had arrived in the area to pick up a donor organ slid off a runway at Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling early Tuesday morning, but no injuries were reported, officials said. The Falcon plane, which had taken off from Detroit, slid into crushable material at the end of the runway at about 4:30 a.m., according Federal Aviation Administration and airport officials. The FAA was investigating. No injuries were reported, according to the Prospect Heights Fire Department. The cargo plane was empty and had arrived to pick up a donor organ, airport spokesman Rob Mark said. The plane slid off the 5,000-foot-long runway into a field of what looks like cinder block that crushes upon impact, which was installed in November, Mark said. "When an aircraft hits them it slows them down and dissipates the energy," he said. "It was good timing--it did what it was designed to do ." There was minimal damage to the airplane, and the runway, which runs nearly north-south, was expected to re-open this afternoon. The Falcon was registered to Kalitta Equipment LLC in Ypsilanti, Mich., and flew out of Detroit's Willow Run Airport, he said. Chicago Executive Airport, formerly Palwaukee Airport, had about 5,500 landings and takeoffs last month. In 1996, the airport was the scene of an accident which killed four people when a corporate jet struggling to take off hit an embankment at the end of a runway. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-plane-slides-off-runway-in-wheeling-20160126-story.html ******************
The plane suffered a runway excursion upon landing resulting in minor damage. There were no personal injuries. The aircraft came to rest in the EMAS (Engineered Material Arresting System (EMAS)) zone at the end of runway 16. http://www.aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=183945 |
| China Airlines 747 airplane gets stuck in mud at
YVR The flight took a wide turn while taxiing on the runway and ended up in the grass  China Airlines flight 32 took a wide turn on the tarmac and veered into the grass, shortly after landing at YVR on Tuesday evening. A China Airlines Boeing 747 took an unexpected turn into the mud at Vancouver International Airport on Tuesday night. China Airlines Flight 32, flying into Vancouver from Taipei, Taiwan, took a wide turn while taxiing on the runway after landing at around 6:10 p.m., causing the jet to drive into the soft, wet ground. A YVR media representative said there were no injuries in the incident, and that there was no effect to airport operations. All of the passengers were off-loaded safely, and were transported to the airport terminal by bus around 9:30 p.m. The plane was later towed back to the airport around 11:30 p.m. The returning flight has been delayed until Wednesday afternoon, with no impact to any other operations. |
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