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AVIATION SECURITY

The aim of aviation security is to safeguard civil aviation operations against acts of unlawful interference. The safety of persons (passengers, crew, ground personnel and the general public) is the primary objective.

Airport operators have the responsibility of implementing security measures for the operation of the aerodrome and ensure that access control systems and emergency procedures are in place. Air Carries implement security measures applicable security programmes which contain detailed procedures for screening passengers, baggage, cargo, and mail. The procedures also cover the security of aircraft and facilities. they are required to have response to threats against their operations

Implementation of this security has evolved over a period of many years, particularly from 1968 to the present time. At first, security focused on the most common crime, hijacking. The record year for this type of crime was 1969, when there were 82 occurrences. Security was strengthened world-wide and virtually every country introduced pertinent procedures and eventually refused to accept hijackers and grant them refuse. Thus with no country to flee to or be accepted in, this type of crime diminished. However, hijacking remains a very problem. The tragic deaths of 123 passengers and crew when in November 1996 a B757, hijacked from Addis Ababa, ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea off the COMORO Islands remind us of this.

The “bomb on board aircraft” was now part of the security nightmare and procedures to prevent the terrorist gaining access to the aircraft or to baggage and cargo were developed.

МІНІСТЕРСТВО ОСВІТИ І НАУКИ УКРАЇНИ

КІРОВОГРАДСЬКА ЛЬОТНА АКАДЕМІЯ

НАЦІОНАЛЬНОГО АВІАЦІЙНОГО УНІВЕРСИТЕТУ

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SAFETY

Safety starts long before the passenger ever sets foot on board the airliner. When the aircraft is being designed and built, standards for safety are determined and set. Each component and system is engineered and rigorously tested to ensure that those standards are met. When assembled, the aircraft is thoroughly tested to ensure that it performs as required throughout the flight envelope, and can be flown by an average pilot in all foreseen normal and abnormal circumstances.

Aircrew (pilots, engineers and cabin staff) are licensed and thoroughly trained in normal and emergency procedures. Their performance is regularly tested to standards set by the regulatory Authorities. Maintenance engineers and technicians are highly trained and licensed or certificated. Detailed maintenance schedules and procedures are designed and careful records kept to ensure safety.

Air Traffic Control, which is charged with responsibility for ensuring a safe environment it which civil aviation may be operated, is similarly staffed by dedicated, professional licensed personnel. They ensure the orderly flow of air traffic to the highest standard of safety. This is achieved by using sophisticated computerized radar and communications together with highly developed procedures.

The result of all this effort, dedication and expense is that travel by air has become one of the safest activities in which a person may engage. Flying can be shown statistically to be the safest form of travel ever devised. Nevertheless, failures, whether mechanical, systematic or human still occur. Tragic accidents happen. The ideal for which the industry must strive is one in which no accidents of fatalities occur.

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