{"id":6415,"date":"2023-06-06T08:11:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T08:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=6415"},"modified":"2023-06-06T08:11:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T08:11:11","slug":"iata-urges-governments-to-produce-timely-aviation-accident-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=6415","title":{"rendered":"IATA Urges Governments To Produce Timely Aviation Accident Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Governments around the world are consistently failing to file investigation reports in a timely manner after aviation accidents take place.<\/p>\n

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New data from the\u00a0International Air Transport Association (IATA)<\/a>\u00a0shows that only 96 of the 214 accident investigations that occurred between 2018 and 2022 actually conformed with the requirements of the Convention of International Civil Aviation (or Chicago Convention).<\/p>\n

Worse still, just 31 reports were published in less than one year of the accident, with the majority of accident investigation reports (58) taking between one to three years to be released for review.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the fact that final reports regularly take more than a year, interim statements often provide little more than what was presented in the preliminary report, IATA said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe accident investigation process is one of our most important learning tools when building global safety standards. But to learn from an accident, we need reports that are complete, accessible and timely,\u201d\u00a0 Willie Walsh, IATA\u2019s director general, said in\u00a0a statement released with the new data.<\/p>\n

The organization is now calling on governments to do better and live up to longstanding international treaty obligations, such as the Chicago Convention, which require publishing timely and thorough aviation accident reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cFailure 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,\u201d says the IATA statement.<\/p>\n

What Are the Chicago Convention Requirements?<\/h2>\n
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The requirements of the Chicago Convention Annex 13 state that those in charge of an accident investigation must:<\/p>\n