IFSCON to provide useful platform in flight safety and accident investigation New Delhi, Jan 25, IRNA India-IFSCON-Flight safety
Indian Defence Minister Pranab Mukherji said that IFSCON would provide a useful platform for mutual interaction on current trends in flight safety and accident investigation. Pranab Mukherjee appreciated the vision of the Indian Air Force (IAF) in pooling the thought process, techniques and concepts from around the world in the field of accident prevention. Addressing the inaugural session of the first-ever International Flight Safety Conference (IFSCON-06) here, Mukherjee said, "The IAF was in a critical situation because of low fleet service abilities caused due to shortage of spares. We have consequently evolved a fast track procurement mechanism and deputed a task force to Russia and abroad for immediate procurement of spares. I have encouraged the IAF to decommission redundant and unreliable technology." Pranab Mukherjee had constituted an expert committee in Dec 2004 to find out the root causes of aircraft accidents and to prepare a comprehensive action plan to reduce losses to a minimum. With reference to the findings of the expert committee, Mukherji said, "Several factors need to be addressed through invigoration of the flight safety organization through enhanced interaction at all levels. These would include evolution of a comprehensive flight safety strategy, risk management through operational risk management techniques and safety audits." Today's aviation environment is extremely dynamic. Technology is changing at a hitherto unimagined pace. The skies are getting more and more crowded and the environment is getting degraded. We are all faced with these challenges in our respective organization and are constantly evolving strategies to meet them," Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi said. The first-ever International Flight Safety Conference (IFSCON-06) under the auspices of the Directorate of Flight Safety, Indian Air Force, began in New Delhi Tuesday. The theme of the conference is "Aviation Safety: A Universal Language." The two-day IFSCON 06 is providing a valuable platform for mutual interaction to around 50 delegates from 15 countries and around 200 delegates from the 35 National Aviation Organization. Participating countries are Australia, France, Russia, UK, US, Czech Republic, UAE, Oman and Myanmar. Indian delegates include the Indian Army, Indian Navy, Coast Guard, BSF, DG Civil Aviation, HAL, Indian Airlines and the Airport Authority of India. Main topics of discussion during the IFSCON will be "managing diverse technology spectrum in IAF, risk management, system safety approach, human factors and human error aircrew, accident investigation, multi-crew cockpit resource management and flight safety operations quality assurance."
