More than half of all aviation accident investigation reports worldwide in the past five years failed to meet international standards for “timely and thorough” reporting, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says.
“Failure to publish prompt and complete accident investigation reports deprives operators, equipment manufacturers, regulators, infrastructure providers and other concerned stakeholders of critical information that could make flying even safer,” IATA said in a statement issued earlier this month during its annual general meeting in Istanbul.
IATA Director General Willie Walsh described the accident investigation process as a key tool in developing safety standards, adding that “to learn from an accident, we need reports that are complete, accessible and timely.”
IATA data show that 96 of the 214 accident investigations conducted from 2018–2022 confo…
