The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) through the European Network of Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authorities (ENCASIA) is set to share the tenets of the European Co-ordination Centre for Accident and Incident Reporting Systems (ECCAIRS) with the Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency (BAGAIA) as soon as the modalities are finalised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)
This was made known at the ENCASIA Plenary holding October 11-12, 2022 held at the Belgian Safety Investigation Authority, Federal Public Service Mobility and Transport, Brussels, Belgium.
The BAGAIA delegation was led by the its commissioner, Mr. Charles Erhueh, with the commissioner, Accident Investigation Bureau – Nigeria (AIB-N), Mr. Akin Olateru and Commissioner AAIB-Ghana, Mr. Prempeh Agyeibi as observers.
The EASA’s senior international cooperation officer Sub-Sahara Africa regional coordinator, Yves Koning who responded to the special requests by BAGAIA delegation, said consultations with ICAO on the modalities to implement ECCAIRS in other regions outside Europe was ongoing.
Koning who appreciated the requests, especially ECCAIRS’ said: “Yes it already being implemented in the Europe, but they are finalising with ICAO on the modalities to implement it outside Europe. Once that is done it will now be extended on train the trainer.”
ECCAIRS is a cooperative network of civil aviation authorities and safety investigation authorities in Europe.
Its mission is to aid national and European transport entities in the collection, sharing and analysis of safety information in order to improve public transport safety.
Currently, ENCASIA has 27 member states.
BAGAIA under the EU-ASA project, presented the request for peer reviews of processes in the regions where EU experts will do due diligence and provide reports afterwards.
It also BAGAIA requested for human capacity development and the ECCAIRS training of the new version.
