EUROPEAN CIVIL AVIATION CONFERENCE - CONFÉRENCE EUROPÉENNE DE L'AVIATION CIVILE

Investigators focus on helicopter accidents and incidents

Stavanger, 22-23 May 2024 — The 60th meeting of the ECAC Air Accident and Incident Investigation Group of Experts (ACC/60) brought together over 70 air safety investigators and experts from ECAC Member States and observers from EUROCONTROL, European Commission (DG MOVE), EASA, European Network of Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authorities (ENCASIA), IATA, ICAO, ISASI/ESASI, US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Singapore and industry stakeholders.

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European coordination group on cyber security matters

Videoconference, 14 and 22 May 2024 — The European Coordination Group on Cyber Security met twice online in May to consider positions ahead of the upcoming ICAO Cyber Security Panel (CYSECP/3), scheduled for 3-6 June 2024 in Montreal. Despite being a relatively new panel within ICAO, the significance of CYSECP is growing, as evidenced by the increasing number of proposals to be discussed and subsequently integrated into ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices.

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Training Task Force discusses several draft documents in the training domain

London/videoconference, 16-17 May 2024 — Hosted by the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority, the primary objective of the Training Task Force’s May meeting was to consider progress on developing two new documents for the ECAC Aviation Security Handbook: best practices for training vulnerability assessors, and human factors in the decision-making process in aviation security.

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Directors General convene in Paris: key decisions on European aviation and ECAC operations

Paris, 25 April 2024 —  Directors General convened in Paris for their spring meeting (DGCA/162). They heard updates on the activities of several European organisations and European members on the ICAO Council, and made a number of decisions relating to European participation in global aviation events, as well as on ECAC’s work, including the penultimate stages of approval of the 2025-2027 budget and the work programme.

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