International Air Transport Association (IATA) Announces The Year 2010 As The Safest In Safety performance

International Air Transport Association (IATA) Announces The Year 2010 As The Safest In Safety performance

Africa's accident rate is 12 times the global average. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the aviation safety performance for 2010 showing that the year's accident rate for Western-built jet aircraft was the lowest in aviation history.

The 2010 global accident rate (measured in hull losses per million flights of Western-built jet aircraft) was 0, 61.That is equal to one accident per 1, 6-million flights. This is a significant improvement on the 0, 71 rate recorded in 2009(one in for 1, 4 million flights).

The 2010 rate was the lowest in aviation history, just below the 2006 rate of 0, 65.Compared with 10 years ago; the accident rate has been cut 42% from the rate recorded in 2001.

"Safety is the number one priority. Achieving the lowest accident rate in the history of aviation shows that this remain focused and determined to move closer to this global year by year", said Giovanni Bisignani,IATAs Director General and CEO.

In absolute numbers,2010 saw 2,4 billion people travel safely on 36,8 million flights (28,4- million jet,8,4-million turboprop); 17 hull loss accidents involving Western-built jet aircraft compared to 19 in 2009; 94 accidents (all aircraft types, Eastern and Western built) compared to 90 in 2009; 23 fatal accidents (all aircraft types) compared to 685 in 2009.

IATA member airlines outperformed the industry average with a Western built jet hull loss rate of 0, 25.That rate is equal to one accident for every four-million flights. The IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) became a condition of IATA membership from April 1, 2009.All 234 IATA member airlines are now on the IOSA registry.

"The numbers tell the story. In the first full year after the IOSA became a condition of IATA membership, the accident rate for IATA carriers has never been so low. The data confirms that IOSA is helping to drive safety improvements around the world. It is an important part of a comprehensive safety strategy involving governments and industry working together to further reduce the number of accidents and fatalities," said Bisignani.

There are significant regional differences in the Western built jet hull loss accident rate with North America (0,10),Europe (0,45),North Asia(0,34) and the Commonwealth of Independent States zero performing better than the global average of 0,61.

The Asia-Pacific region was higher than the global average at 0,80 in 2010 and about the same from the previous year(0,86) ,while the Middle East and North Africa region saw its accident rate fall significantly to 0,72 (compared to 3,32 in 2009) with only one accident involving a carrier from the region.

Latin America and the Caribbean reported a higher accident rate of 1, 87 compared with a zero accident rate in 2009.

Safety In Africa

Africa had an accident rate of 7, 41 which was lower than the 2009 rate of 9,94 and although this reflected an improvement, Africa once again had the worst rate in the world.

There were four Western-built jet hull losses with African carriers in 2010.African carriers contributed only 2% of global traffic, but 23% of global Western-built jet hull losses.

In 2010, the accident rate of IOSA carriers in Africa (for all aircraft types) was more than 50% better than non-IOSA airlines. Among IATAs efforts in Africa, it established the IATA programme for Safe Operations in Africa (IPSOA) which ensured that flight data analysis tools were available to all IATA carriers in Africa.

"Flying must be equally safe in all parts of the world. An accident rate in Africa that is over 12 times the global average is not acceptable. Improvements can happen.IATAs African carriers performed significantly better than non-IATA airlines in the region," said Bisignani.

Accident Causes

An analysis of the causes of the 2010 accidents focuses on several areas. For example, runway excursions, which are instances when an aircraft departs the runway during takeoff or landing, were once again the most common cause of accidents ,accounting for 21% of all accidents (versus 26% in 2009).

The numbers of industry runway excursions accidents dropped by 13% and IATA members have reduced their runway excursions accidents by 43% since 2008(4 versus 7 in 2008).

IATA analysis shows about 35% of runway excursions on landing occurred on wet runways. Another leading cause of runway excursions on landing is an "unstable approach "where the aircraft is approaching too fast, too high, or touches down beyond the desired runway touchdown point.

In 2009, IATA released the Runway Excursions Risk Reduction (RERR) toolkit which provides high-level reference material as well as an in-depth analysis of runway excursion accident data and a compilation of significant risk factors. The toolkit also provides recommendations for operators, pilots, airports, air traffic management, and regulators.

Ground damage accounted for 11% of all accidents in 2010, improved from 17% in 2008 when IATA launched the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) to address this challenge. The programme, containing over 400 standards, was launched in February 2008 and the first audits took place in May of the same year.

To date, a total of 288 audits have been conducted and 56 providers operating at 81 different locations are already on the ISAGO registry. The programme has gained broad support from several aviation authorities.

Driving Further Improvements

Further improvements to the industry's safety performance will be guided by data that can assist airlines in identifying trends and initiate preventive measures.IATA established the Global Safety Information Centre in 2010.

This interactive website is a one-stop resource combining safety data from sources such as IOSA and ISAGO audits, flight data analysis, pilot reports and accident investigations without compromising commercial privacy.

"Safety is a constant challenge. Industry and governments need to accelerate their efforts on data sharing. In 2010, IATA launched GSIC providing its members with unprecedented access to safety information .More than 430 different organizations are already submitting safety data into the GSIC, and over 50% of IATA member carriers are participating.

"Substantial GSIC expansion is planned over the next few years and the industry will reap the benefits," said Bisignani.

"Safety is not a competitive issue among carriers or governments. Improvement is in everybody's interest. By sharing data and best practices we will continue to drive improvements to make a safe industry even safer, Bisignani concluded.

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