Runway excursions

Industry delivers runway excursion action plan

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European air navigation safety agency Eurocontrol has issued its European Action Plan for the Prevention of Runway Excursions.

According to ICAO, runway excursions are a persistent problem and their numbers have not decreased in more than 20 years. The Flight Safety Foundation have said that runway excursions are the most common type of aviation accident, accounting for up to 33% of accidents over the last 16 years.

This European Action Plan, directed to all providers and users of European aerodromes and all European aircraft operators, is the result of the combined and sustained efforts of organisations(*) involved in all areas of runway operations and is a deliverable of the European Aviation Safety Plan (EASp).

Although the focus of this work has been on preventing runway excursions in the European region, it is acknowledged that runway excursions are a global problem and therefore, the content of the Action Plan reinforces the need to comply with ICAO provisions for the safety of global aviation.