AMSTERDAM: The air navigation service provider (ANSP) of the Netherlands declared that it is the world’s first ATC organization to “actively communicate” information about its safety performance to the public. The government provider started reporting incident data on its website on January 13.
As an organization committed to transparency, LVNL has decided to take the responsibility to inform the general public of safety performance related matters as soon as possible,” the ANSP announced. “Publishing safety performance befits an organization that provides an essential public service,” it added.
As required by the Dutch Aviation Act, the information is “anonymized,” meaning that it does not identify individuals, company names or flight numbers, LVNL said. The most recent incident the agency listed on its website (www.lvnl.nl) occurred on December 12 and involved two aircraft—a Piper PA-46T Meridian and a Dassault Falcon 900—that breached airborne separation minimums in the approach zone to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
On November 8, an Embraer ERJ145 approaching Schiphol Airport from the south “failed to make the final turn on its approach to Runway 27 immediately when instructed to do so by air traffic control,” states another incident report. “The ERJ145’s delay in turning, combined with a strong southerly wind, caused a loss of separation” with a Boeing 777-200 approaching the same runway from the east. The Ansp reported both incidents to the Dutch Safety Board and is conducting its own investigations.
