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Executive body, pipeline transportation, mode of transportation, federal government body, transport-related accidents and incidents, worldwide civil aviation safety.
Exercise 2. Answer the questions:
1. What aviation safety body compiles statistics on aviation accidents of aircraft capable of carrying more than six passengers, not including helicopters, balloons, or fighter airplanes?
2. What year was announced the safest by the ACRO?
3. What is the main task of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)?
4. What does theAnnual Safety Review represent?
5. Who is required, according to ICAO Annex 13 on Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation, to report to ICAO information on accidents and serious incidents to aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off mass (MTOM) over 2,250 kg?
6. What national organizations involved in accident investigation do you know? Name their functions.
Exercise 3. Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct false statements.
1. The statistics are grouped according to type of operation, for instance commercial air transport, and aircraft category, such as aeroplanes, helicopters, gliders etc.
2. The ACRO announced that the year 2005 was the safest year in aviation since 1963 in terms of number of accidents.
3. States are not required, according to ICAO Annex 13 on Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation, to report to ICAO information on accidents and serious incidents to aircraft with a maximum certificated take-off mass (MTOM) over 2250 kg.
4. The Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK) is an executive body overseeing the use and management of civil aviation in the Commonwealth of Independent States.
5. In the United States, most civil aviation incidents are investigated by ICAO.
6. In the United Kingdom, the agency responsible for investigation of civilian air crashes is the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the Department for Transport.
