NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) released the Annual Safety Review 2023, indicating significant improvements in air travel safety over the past two years.
According to the report, the number of risk-bearing Airprox incidents per million flights over Indian airspace has decreased by 25 per cent, meeting the targeted reduction.
Additionally, GPWS/EGPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System/Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System) warnings per 10,000 departures have dropped by 92 per cent, significantly reducing the risk of Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT).
The report also highlights a 23 per cent reduction in unstabilised approaches that continued to landing per 10,000 approaches, which mitigates the risk of runway excursions and abnormal runway contact.
National Aviation Safety Plan
The DGCA has also released the National Aviation Safety Plan (NASP), which identifies National High-Risk Categories of Occurrences (N-HRCs) in alignment with the ICAO Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP).
The NASP’s performance is assessed annually based on safety performance indicators (SPI) and safety performance targets, with the findings published in the Annual Safety Review.
This data-driven approach, which incorporates analysis from the DGCA database and external sources like ICAO iSTARS, strengthens the safety culture within the aviation sector, ensuring a robust process for identifying emerging safety issues and continuously refining existing procedures.
