Aviation News Item: 06569

22nd Mar 2010

Source: ubmaviationnews.com

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has reported a "significant overall decline" in reported air proximity hazard (airprox) incidents in the January-June 2009 period compared to the same months in previous years. There were a total of 60 incidents in the first half of 2009 involving commercial, military and general aviation aircraft, in contrast to an average of 88 for the same period for each of the previous five years. The figures reveal a particularly sharp fall in the number of incidents involving civil airliners. Of the incidents involving commercial air transport aircraft, none were deemed as being a potential risk of a collision. Although the number of airprox incidents involving general aviation was down year-on-year, the proportion of incidents in which safety was compromised (35 per cent) was similar to the previous year. Ian Dugmore, director of the UK Airprox Board (UKAB), said that "the decline in commercial air transport and general aviation incidents may be partly due to traffic reduction during the recession."

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