Antara News, Thursday, November 25, 2010 18:11 WIB
Jakarta
(ANTARA News) - Indonesia urgently needs an independent flight safety council
in an effort to increase the flight safety in the country, an official said.
"The
presence of an independent flight safety council will help reduce flight
transportation accidents," Head of Research and Development (Litbang) of
the Ministry of Transportation Denny L Siahaan said here on Thursday.
He said
that the country`s urgent need for such a council was raised and become a
conclusion of a round-table discussion organized the ministry`s Litbang this
week.
Denny said
the participants in the discussion agreed that the tasks of the council should
included recommending, deciding and evaluating policies, regulations and
national flight safety procedures that should be accepted as an indicator of
performance achievements.
The
discussion also raised the issue on the need for eliminating flight
disturbances of kites, birds and wild animals around the airports in an effort
to increase flight safety, Denny said.
"Competent
operators, inspectors and technicians are also needed," he said.
The
participants of the round-table discussion included officials from the ministry
of transportation, state-owned firms, flight safety observers and experts,
pilot organizations` representatives, operators and other stakeholders.
"In
essence the discussion was held to collect the latest inputs for increasing the
safety of flights," he added.
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