For the last five years, intense focus on managing runway safety–related risk has been a distinctive characteristic of government and industry efforts in the Middle East, say reports on the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO’s) website. This priority, derived from studying the region’s accident data from a period beginning in 2009, occupies the region’s highest tier, followed by two priority issues common to airlines worldwide: reducing the risks for loss of control–in flight (LOC-I) and for controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
Accident data from the ICAO-defined Middle East Region (MID) showed that runway excursions during landing ranked first among accidents in the period 2009–2013, based on the global organization’s accident data for scheduled commercial operations involving aircraft with maximum takeoff weight above 5,700 kg (12,566 lb).
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