Abstract
The principal investigator of the Go-Around Safety Forum and its report was Mr. Blajev Tzvetomir; EUROCONTROL. This report describes the background, purpose and objective of this important forum which was initiated by the Flight Safety Foundation, the European Regions Airline Association, and EUROCONTROL. The forum took place on 18 June 2013 in EUROCONTROL Brussels. The purpose of the forum was to address the growing concerns with the dramatic increase in “approach and landing” accidents. The Go-Around Safety Forum was initiated to support the flight safety foundations Go-Around safety initiative and to help the early implementation of actions for the European Action Plan for the prevention of Runway Excursions (EAPPRE), issued in January 2013. The operational problem as stated in the Forum's report and in various articles in Aviation Week & Space Technology (March 24th, 2014) is the growing number of approach and landing accidents and incidents. Indeed, ICAO reports that there about two runway excursions per week worldwide. Approach and landing accidents account for 62% of all accidents with indications that this trend will continue if decisive action is not taken.
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