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Annual Safety Review 2014
Introduction
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Background
EASA has produced the Annual Safety Review since 2005 in line with the Agency’s obligations under the EASA
Basic Regulation to provide an overview of the general level of aviation safety in Europe. In 2012, the Agency
also published the first version of the European Aviation Safety Plan (EASp), which gathered information from
a wide range of sources to outline the safety priorities for aviation in Europe. As the EASp has evolved, the time
has come to modify the Annual Safety Review in order to provide a closer link between the analysis of safety data
and the plan. The 2014 version of Annual Safety Review marks the first phase in the transition towards a docu‑
ment that is wholly linked to the needs of the EASp.
Content of the Review
With the continuing requirement to provide an overview of the level of safety as part of the Agency’s require‑
ment under the Basic Regulation and the need to link the data analysis to the EASp, this Review will be produced
in 2 formats:
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Summary Document:
A short document providing an overview of safety in the main aviation sectors
for the use of the general public.
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Technical Document:
A more detailed, technical document to provide information on the safety risk
areas in all aviation sectors and following the development of a new safety risk management process,
initial details of the key safety issues in the sectors of Commercial Air Transport – Fixed Wing, Offshore
Helicopters and General Aviation – Balloons.
As the EASp continues to develop, a number of detailed Sector Safety Risk Portfolios will be developed to capture
the key risk areas and associated safety issues. How these safety issues are tackled will then form the actions that
are contained in the EASp. As the Safety Risk Portfolios develop, they will be made available through the EASA
website, along with associated analysis reports, so as to enable others in the European Aviation Community to
use them in their own safety management activities.