Aviation safety

The term flight safety covers both the theory, investigation and categorization of flight accidents and the prevention of aircraft accidents by safety regulations, inspections, education and training.

Of increasing importance is a special aspect of aviation safety, aviation security, which deals with the safety in the airspace, so the defense against external threats in the aviation sector, is concerned. As external threats such as hijacking, acts of sabotage and other terrorist attacks motivated or tampering are.

Flight safety is not to be confused with air traffic control.

Measures to improve air safety

Through the following activities accident hazards are identified, eliminated or at least reduced, if possible:

  • Preventive measures to prevent accidents, such as bird strike prevention and surface de-
  • Measures to reduce damages in case of emergencies involving aircraft
  • Investigation and analysis of incidents and accidents involving aircraft
  • Flight safety seminars for pilots
  • Technical and structural change to an aircraft (so-called airworthiness directives )
  • Introduction of a Safety Management System

A measure to increase the security of the air space, it is to prevent the ingress of substances classified as unsafe airlines. So-called black lists are currently out in Europe, the bundled and consolidated as a black list of the EU Commission for air carriers against which the EU has a operating ban be published. The any and all access restrictions and airport security are among the measures of airport security, the indirect effect on flight safety.

Responsibilities

Responsible for air safety in Germany, the European Aviation Safety Agency (European Aviation Safety Agency, EASA) in Cologne, the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt ( LBA) and the Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation (BFU ) in Braunschweig.

For flight safety in military flight operations of the Bundeswehr for a specialized department of the Air Force Office is responsible, the line has the general aviation safety in the Bundeswehr.

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