(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) The UAE has participated in the 26th International Civil Aviation Organisation, ICAO, Aviation Security, AVSEC, panel meeting, held in the ICAO Headquarters, Montreal, Canada, last month.
The UAE delegation was headed by Hamad Al Muhairi, Assistant Director-General, Aviation Security Affairs Sector at the General Civil Aviation Authority.
During the meeting, the ICAO AVSEC panel discussed many important papers presented by ICAO contracting states and other stakeholders pertaining to Aviation Security. Some of the important issues discussed related to security risks to civil aviation from laser devices, cyber security, remotely piloted aircraft systems, RPAS, innovation in the field of AVSEC, other emerging threats, etc.. The issue regarding flight crew compartment security was especially discussed in light of the Germanwings Flight 9525 incident.
The panel members elected Ms. Poppy Khoza, Director of Civil Aviation of South Africa, as the Chairperson of the Panel for the first time. Ms. Khoza served as the Vice Chairperson of the ICAO AVSEC panel under the Chairmanship of Bernard Lim from Singapore in 2014.
The ICAO AVSEC panel agreed and recommended that ICAO and member states should collaborate as well as continue to monitor the threat and risk to civil aviation in their efforts to develop proactive, risk-based measures that are proportionate to the threat. It also recommended that ICAO should continue to urge member states and other stakeholders to share risk information, particularly if it relates to the risk of overflying conflict zones.
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