NTSB Convenes Runway Incursion Forum

In response to an increasing number of runway incursions, many involving regional aircraft, the National Transportation Safety Board scheduled a one-day forum on March 27, 2007, focusing on airport runway incursions and accidents, and potential safety solutions. Runway incursions are on the Board’s 10-Most-Wanted List with little having been accomplished to date, according to the Board. Its current recommendation is for the FAA to require all airports with scheduled service, a ground movement safety system to prevent incursions which would include direct cockpit warnings to the crew. The forum will cover the scope of the problem, how to avoid runway incursions, educational initiatives and new technologies addressing the problem. The forum is set for 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L'Enfant Plaza, S.W., Washington, DC. A live and archived webcast of the forum will be available on the Board's website at www.ntsb.gov. Panelists will include representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Defense, Flight Safety Foundation, Air Line Pilots Association International, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.