FSF Cites CFIT Concerns

The Aviation Safety Foundation of Australasia (ASFA) and the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) commend the release of an Australian Transportation Safety Board (ATSB) report that examined several recent controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) accidents in Australia in the context of international efforts to reduce CFIT, noting that it is an important contribution to the ongoing research into CFIT. "We are pleased to see a significant study released on such an important topic in Australia," noted Trevor Jensen, ASFA Chairman. "ASFA has recently been redeveloping its relationship with the Flight Safety Foundation and one of our first projects will be to hold a jointly sponsored seminar on CFIT and approach and landing accident reduction (ALAR) in Australia in 2008. The ATSB report highlights the work of the Foundation on CFIT over the past decade and we are thrilled to be a part of the FSF team." William R. Voss, president and CEO of FSF said: "I'm very proud to see FSF's efforts recognized in this study and am eager to work with ASFA to seize this opportunity to bring our safety tools to a wider audience." The ATSB report, titled CFIT: Australia in Context, 1996–2005, is viewed as an important tool for the Australian aviation industry not only to better understand the problem of CFIT, but to become more familiar with the work that has been done internationally in the past decade and the available resources. The report can be accessed at http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/2007/pdf/B20060352.pdf