Mon, Dec 27, 2004
Australia’s light aircraft
accident rate has continued to fall steadily by more than four per
cent each year over the last ten years. At the same time the
accident rate over the last decade for large regular public
transport aircraft has averaged just 0.2 for every 100,000 hours of
flying.
Low capacity regular public transport aircraft have an accident
rate of 1.1 per 100,000 hours of flying. The accident rate figures
are featured in the latest annual report issued by the Civil
Aviation Safety Authority. Figures show that over the last decade
there have been no fatal accidents in Australia involving high
capacity regular public transport aircraft.
Over this time, fatal accidents in light aircraft have been
falling each year by 5.7 per cent. CASA’s chief executive
officer, Bruce Byron, says while the improving accident rate is
good news more work must be done to address aviation risks.
Mr Byron says CASA has begun a
special review of the aviation system to identify the major risks
to air safety in each sector of aviation. “CASA is focussed
on putting both attention and resources where they will have the
greatest impact on aviation safety without leaving a safety vacuum
in any particular area,” Mr Byron says.
“The starting points of this process are an analysis of
the safety risk and the priority we must give to the safety of the
travelling public.”
Mr Byron says he is also acting to ensure CASA’s
inspectors spend more time in the field working with people in the
aviation industry. “CASA is focussing more on helping the
industry comply with aviation safety requirements.
“We see the way ahead as a willing partnership in safety
between CASA and members of the aviation industry who, at the end
of the day, have a duty of care to deliver operational safety.
“I want to extend a mentoring role to CASA’s
day-to-day compliance activities and have directed that resources
be re-allocated so that from 2004-05 CASA inspectors will have more
time in the field.”
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