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Safety Analysis and the European Aviation Safety Plan
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and at the competent authorities. The application of these taxonomies is improved through the ap‑
propriate training of staff who encode occurrence information to standardise the implementation of
data quality rules.
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Identification of Safety Issues.
The primary way to identify safety issues is the analysis of occurrence
data from both accidents and serious incidents that have been investigated by Safety Investigation
Authorities together with occurrences reported by operators as a result of Mandatory Occurrence Re‑
porting Schemes (MOR). Other useful sources of information used to identify safety issues include
safety recommendations, existing safety studies and information collected as a result of operational
experience through the various collaborative fora.
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Risk Assessment.
Safety issues are assessed so as to identify the most effective mitigating actions. The
assessment covers a number of considerations such as:
1. The aviation sector affected, the type of operation and phase of flight;
2. The causal and contributory factors;
3. The potential consequences;
4. The risk controls already in place and how effective they are;
5. The overall level of risk associated with the safety issue.
The safety issues identified are stored together in the Safety Risk Portfolio for the sector, along with the types
of occurrence in which the identified issues can result. There are different safety risk portfolios for the different
aviation domains and, for the first time in the Annual Safety Review, three safety risk portfolios are provided for
commercial air transport: aeroplanes, offshore helicopters and balloons. These portfolios are regarded as live
documents and are regularly updated based on new information. The versions presented here will continue to
develop and the latest updates will be made available on the EASA website.
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Definition and Programming of Safety Actions.
Safety actions can be defined and programmed with‑
in the scope of the core processes of the aviation safety system in Europe. This includes rulemaking,
certification, focused oversight, standardisation, safety promotion and corrective action in reaction
to safety problems. Safety actions can be further coordinated with Competent Authorities at the Na‑
tional Level via State Safety Plans (SSp) and with industry through SMS. The link between the safety
issues and associated safety actions will be established in the Safety Risk Portfolios. To assist decision
makers to identify the most cost‑effective actions an impact assessment is performed by the Agency.
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Safety Performance.
For each safety issue, Safety Performance Indicators (SPIs) will be defined to
measure trends that can be directly or indirectly related to each specific issue, or to monitor the effec‑
tiveness of actions that have been implemented.
The analysis provided in the EASA Annual Safety Review provides a summary of the initial output from the re‑
vised safety risk management process. This information provides the safety intelligence required to support
decision making when formulating the EASp.