1. Runway Safety: The Big Picture

2. ICAO 37th Assembly October 2010 Resolution A37-6 (1/2)
The Assembly: 1. Urges States to take measures to enhance runway safety, including the establishment of runway safety programmes using a multidisciplinary approach, that include at least regulators, aircraft operators, air navigation services providers, aerodrome operators and aircraft manufacturers to prevent and mitigate the effects of runway excursions, runway incursions and other occurrences related to runway safety; 2. Resolves that ICAO shall actively pursue runway safety using a multidisciplinary approach; and (…)

3. ICAO 37th Assembly October 2010 Resolution A37-6 (2/2)
Associated practice no. 1:
The runway safety programmes should be based on inter-organizational safety management including the creation of local runway safety teams that address prevention and mitigation of runway excursions, runway incursions and other occurrences related to runway safety.

4. ICAOs Runway Safety Programme
Outcomes of GRSS:
Identification of hazards requires collaboration of all stakeholders
Solutions need to be standardized to international standards an harmonized to facilitate efficient international operations
Runway Safety Teams – should be established locally and hosted by the airports
RSP partners have committed to work together to compile and promote proven solutions and endorse best practices
Regional Runway Safety Seminars (RRSSs):
Promote and enhance implementation of solutions through multidisciplinary RSTs
Runway Safety Website :
Easy access to information on public website
Development of RST Action Plan Tool
Share documents and toolkits from RSP Partners

5. Objectives of this RRSS
Improve runway safety outcomes
The establishment of RSTs
Provide tools for use by RSTs
Develop a regional strategy to establish, promote and provide ongoing support to RSTs

6. Runway Safety Overview
Runway Safety Accidents
Scheduled Commercial Traffic – MTOW > kg (Yrs )
Runway Safety Accidents
Abnormal Runway Contact
Bird strike
Ground Collision
Ground Handling
Runway Excursion
Runway Incursion
Loss of Control on Ground
Collision with obstacle(s)
Undershoot / Overshoot
Aerodrome
59% of the accidents from 2006 to 2010 are runway safety related.
59 %

7. Runway Safety Overview
Worldwide
Accidents & Related Fatalities by Occurrence Categories
Scheduled Commercial Traffic – MTOW > kg (Yrs )
Looking at accidents globally according to occurrence category (from 2006 – 2010), we see that the runway safety category accounts for
The greatest number of accidents
The greatest number of fatal accidents
By comparison Loss of Control In-Flight – is:
Among the fewest number of accidents
The highest number of fatalities
Improvements in runway safety will contribute to a reduction in the number of accidents and the number of fatal accidents. 7

8. Focus on EUR/NAT Region

9. Runway Safety Overview
Focus on EUR/NAT Region
Accidents & Related Fatalities by Occurrence Categories
Scheduled Commercial Traffic – MTOW > kg (Yrs )
The 51% runway safety related accidents represent 30 accidents during the time period (5 years) and 202 fatalities.
Globally there are 683 Runway Safety related Fatalities from of which 644 Fatalities are attributable to Runway Excursions. (94%)
EUR/NAT has the a greater percentage of runway safety related accidents than the World Average at 62%
Although the percentage of fatal accidents in the EUR/NAT region is less than the world average.
The percentage of fatalities associated to runway safety in the EUR/NAT region is under the world average.
Focus on the overall reduction of runway safety related accidents

10. Focus on Runway Excursions / Incursions
Focus on EUR/NAT Region
This slide shows the Probability of air carriers experiencing an Excursion or Incursion Accident Inside or Outside their Region.
It can be seen that globally air carriers experience twice the risk of runway excursion/incursion accidents outside their region, with the following differences:
more risk outside the region: NACC carriers 6 times more, EUR/NAT carriers:3 times more and ESAF carriers 1.5 times more
equal risk: APAC
more risk inside the region: MID carriers 1.2 times more
To be noted that all runway ex/incursion accidents for SAM and MID carriers occurred inside their own region.
EUR/NAT operators’ resources to address runway excursions and incursions should be focused primarily outside the EUR/NAT region
EUR carriers are three times more likely to experience an Excursion or Incursion accident outside the region

11. Focus on Runway Safety Related Accidents
Focus on EUR/NAT Region
Accidents & Related Fatalities by Occurrence Categories
Scheduled Commercial Traffic – MTOW > kg (Yrs )
95 accidents by occurrence category
World Average
Having a closer look to those accidents, we can display them by occurrence category (graph on the left and side).
Abnormal Runway Contact and Ground Handling are the most prominent categories at 34% and 29% respectively
It should be noted that some accidents have more than one occurrence category, that is the reason why the total is higher than 100%.
Conclusion: while Excursion & Incursions account for 17% of the runway safety related accidents, they are causing 95% of the fatalities (127 of 134).
The challenge then is not only to reduce the number of runway excursion events but also to improve the survivability after an excursion. 11

12. Role of Runway Safety Teams in the EUR/NAT Region
Identify and develop mitigation options to:
Reduce the number of runway safety related Accidents at individual airports
Improve the survivability after a runway excursion
This seminar is designed to facilitate the formation of runway safety teams at individual airports