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Prominent Aviation Safety Experts Address Risk Mitigation Topics

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September 18, 2014

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Miami (September 17, 2014) – The 5th Pan American Aviation Safety Summit concluded last week at the World Trade Center of Curacao.  The event featured the presentation of risk mitigation programs, garnering the attention of over 200 delegates representing airlines, civil aviation authorities, airports, manufacturers and regional and international industry associations.

Over 50 airline representatives attended the Summit and high-caliber moderators and panelists created the dynamics fostering interactive and insightful sessions that delved in detail into safety challenges in the industry, as well as initiatives to counteract their effect.  The agenda featured breakout sessions, a first among Safety Seminars, which provided an ideal setting for exchanging best practices between safety experts present.  The topics ranged from Safety Priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean and the latest developments on Loss of Control in Flight (LOC-I), Control Flight into Terrain (CFIT) to Mid-air Collisions (MAC) and Runway Excursions (RE), as well as the optimization of the use of data and technology to identify risk trends.

Curacao´s Minister of Traffic, Transport and Urban Planning, his Excellency Mr. Earl Balborda, issued a message to convey the importance aviation merits from the states in the Caribbean and the role played by the industry in the sustainable development of the island nation´s economy. The North, Central and Caribbean Regional Director of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Loretta Martin and the South America Regional Director of ICAO, Franklin Hoyer, were also in attendance, as were Oscar Derby, Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Curacao & RASG-PA Co-Chairman, Gerardo Hueto, Chief Engineer Aviation Systems Boeing & RASG-PA Co-Chairman and Albert Kluyver, CEO of the hosting airline, InselAir.

“The ALTA Safety Summit is one of the most significant gatherings of safety professionals in the world, where industry leaders share safety-critical information regardless of livery, or regional markets. The collaborative safety efforts in the Latam region are contributing to the safety enhancement of the Global Air Transport System ” said, David Zwegers, Safety Director Latin America and Caribbean for Airbus. Carlos Cirilo, Director for Safety and Operations for the Americas at IATA, added,  “The safety Summit is the single most important event every year, for the aviation industry in the LATAM/CAR region, to meet face to face and discuss and fine-tune the strategies and programs that will lead us to a safer sky for our passengers”.

Santiago Saltos, Senior Industry Affairs Manager for ALTA and Chairman of the conference, stated, “We are very pleased with the outcome of the conference. It is a team effort, involving states and industry, to produce an agenda that addresses risk mitigation initiatives that add value to the delegates´ experience and to have experts of the stature that were present here in the past few days. This is a great opportunity for the Aviation Safety community to acquire a comprehensive vision of the industry´s efforts undertaken by RASG-PA members to contribute to the improvement of safety in our region.”

The conference, which framed the 7th Annual RASG-PA Plenary Meeting was hosted by the Regional Aviation Safety Group-Pan America (RASG-PA) and the Curacao Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC), in partnership with the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Official sponsors of the Summit were the Curacao Tourism Board and the Ministry of Traffic, Transport and Urban Planning, as well as InselAir as the official airline.  Curacao was selected from amongst various top destinations and has welcomed the conference and its organizers and partners to make the event possible and successful.  Additional Sponsors were Aerobytes, Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Flight Safety Foundation, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Rockwell Collins and Zodiac Aerospace. The support of these sponsors and their commitment to the improvement of aviation safety was indispensable for the execution of this event.

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