Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Promotes 'Comprehensive Aviation Safety Plan'

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Minister Seo Seung-hwan) has been implementing a comprehensive aviation safety plan since December of last year.

According to the Ministry on the 13th, in response to the increasing trend of aviation accidents since 2009 and to prevent accidents caused by human factors while strengthening proactive and preventive safety activities, an Aviation Safety Committee comprising experts from various fields has been operating. The committee has prepared a Comprehensive Aviation Safety Plan containing 40 detailed implementation tasks, which is now being actively pursued.

In particular, the Comprehensive Aviation Safety Plan includes strengthened special training for pilots to prevent errors caused by human factors, including pilot proficiency evaluations through flight simulators and enhanced capabilities to respond to emergency situations such as visual approaches, crosswind landings, and stall prevention.

An official from the Ministry stated, "We plan to complete 27 tasks by the end of 2014, 7 tasks in 2015, and 4 tasks in 2016, with all 40 tasks to be completed by 2017," adding, "The government will concentrate all its efforts so that citizens can use aviation transportation safely and conveniently."