Management, Safety Assurance and Bird
Hazards.COPA Airlines
Colombian Approach
SMS - Copa Airlines Colombia
Objective
To control and mitigate the birds hazard throw a SafetyManagement System with a review Board, Safetyactions groups, Indicators, risk Management, evaluationof Actions, Training and comunication.
SMS - Copa Airlines Colombia
1. Safety policy and objectives
2. Safety Risk management
4. Safety Promotion 3. Safety Assurance
SMS
• SMS Components
2. Safety ReviewBoard (SRB )- Rol
1. Safety Action Group(SAG)- Rol
. Participation in the local committees = Measured by indicator.. Validate and follow up on taskstaken by the airport.. Review Events per month.
. Analyze trends by cause and by Station.. Targets by Station. Action Plans Estatus
1. Safety policy and objectives
DATA BASE - SMS
DATA BASE
Reports
Audits
TaskForces
Surveys
• Hazards Identification Methods
I. ReactiveMethod
II. ProactiveMethod
III. PredictiveMethod
MORMandatoryOperational
Report
AuditsInspections
surveys
Observationsand
StatisticsAnalysis
2. Safety Risk Management & Safety Assurance
DATA BASE
2. Safety Risk Management & Safety Assurance
EvaluateINPUTS AnalizeControl
and Mitigate
1. Bird Reports
2. Vicinity Bird
reports
3. Auditing Stations
4. Events
Investigations
5. Safety
Performnace
Indicators
1. Establish the
Probability by
airport
2. Establish the
Severity
3. Establish the
Risk Level
1. Based on the
risk level
establish if the
risk is
acceptable or
not
1. Send the report to the station
Manager and request and
action
2. To the Goverment
3. Associations
(IATA, ALTA, ATAC
(Asociación Colombiana de
Transp Aereo
Management process
Risk AnalysisSeverity Probability Risk
Media Probable Moderate
Airport BOG Runway 13R
Date 28-mar-12
Time 03:31:24Z / 22:31:24
Aircraft E190 HK4559
Flight RPB7459 BOG-CLO
Phase
OperationalClimb
Altitude 10970 ft
MOR Yes
Nose CowlEng 2
Smart Probe # 1
Example
1. EVENT
2. ANALYSIS 3. EVALUATION
•Variation in aircraft speed indicators
•Emergency Declaration
•Notification to Maintenance Control Center
(MCC) and ATC
•Air Turn Back (ATB)
Nose CowlEng 2
Smart Probe # 1
•OPAIN implemented inspections to identify nocturnal wildlife
•OPAIN acquire adequate dispersion equipment based on the results
of the dispersion
•Notam of caution in the operation in Bogotá by increasing bird
Example
4. OPERATIONAL EFFECT
5. RISK CONTROL ANDMITIGATION
2. Safety Risk Management & Safety Assurance
DeliveriesINPUTS Recolection Report
1. Birds Reports
2. Vicinity Birds
reports
Operative Local process
1. Birds Blood
2. Birds Feathers
1. Delivered to the
Specialist
1. Report to Safety
And Quality
2. Report to local
authorities
Corporative Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
Highlights
•Birds Strikes with
Damage or no
damage should be
managed with the
same level of
importance..
•The consequence
of a Bird strike
depends on lucky no
on previous
preventive actions
3. Safety Assurance
With damage
15%
With no damage
85%
% Bird Strike with Damage and No Damage (2011-2012)
YTD (Sep-2012)
Airports Corporative Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
Highlights•El Dorado (BOG) and Tocumen (PTY) are the airports with more number of events.•Indicators should be in Index indicators.•Data in index allows to compares one airport with Another.•The index should be related to number of flights
3. Safety Assurance
*This analysis was done with Copa Airlines Colombia operation at 24 airports. YTD (Sep-2012)
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Bird Strikes by Airports* 20122012
Indice 2012
IATA Code CiclosADZ 1947
AUA 2
BAQ 1184
BGA 683
BOG 8633
CCS 739
CLO 2181
CTG 1475
CUC 690
CUN 93
GUA 193
GYE 163
HAV 42
LET 274
MEX 274
MGA 6
PEI 236
PTY 5979
PUJ 130
MDE 2674
SAP 211
SJO 461
SMR 563
UIO 274
Copa Airlines Colombia airport operation 2012
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Airports Industria Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
Highlights
• Bogota and Panamaare the airports withmore number of events.
3. Safety Assurance
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Mar Abr May Jun Jul Ago Sep Oct Nov Dic
# Ev
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El Dorado Bird strikes per Month 2011-2012
2011
2012
Linear (2012)
|El Dorado (BOG) Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
Highlights
3. Safety Assurance
•Critical months: 2012: September*2011: April*, June, October** Migration periods
•Critical Time:Night 70%Afternoon 15%Morning 15%•By Phase Of Flight: Aproximación 65%Climb 20%Others 15%•Species:Noctural birds, Garza ganadera, other migratory species
0,81 Events / 1000 Flights
Migration periods 2011
Migration periods 2012 (It is observed that migration periods were advance one month)
|El Dorado (BOG) Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
Proactive Plan
3. Safety Assurance
•Prevention program for bird strike hazard integrated with SMS•Warning alerts•Nocturnal inspection, •Monthly variation of the dispersion method:
Canine, Pyrotechny, Aeromodelo, sky dancer, sound, sirens on the vehicles.
2.1 Events / 1000 Flights
Panama Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
Highlights
3. Safety Assurance
•Critical months: April, July, September, October
•Critical Time: Night 45%Morning 35%Afertnoon 20%•By Phase Of Flight: Approach 30%Climb 30%Take off 25%Landing 15%•Species: Garzas, gallinazos, pelicanos,reptiles
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# Ev
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Tocumen Bird strikes per Month 2011-2012
2011
2012
Linear (2012)
2,17 Events / 1000 Flights
Critical months
Panama Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
Mitigation Plan
3. Safety Assurance
•Make List of most problematic species from the airport, inspections •Implementation of Wildlife Incident Neutralization – Cooperative Action Project (WIN-CAP) IATA/ALTA, FAA, USDA•Implementation of dispersion method (active and passive)
Propane canons, bird distress calls, sirens on the vehicles, pyrotechnics.
2,17 Events / 1000 Flights
Some wildlife sources of attraction are:Wetlands. Trees, Dead vegetation. Ineffective canal maintenance. Tall grass and shrubs near taxiways and runways, and other off-airport
Highlights
Monthly Corporative Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
• April is the Month with
more number of events
(2,62 events/1000
operations)
•Negative trend 2012
•Same behaviour in april
2011 and in april 2012
•In 2011 the critical month
was Octuber (5,92
events/1000 operations)
3. Safety Assurance
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Bird Strikes per Month (2011-2012)
2011
2012
Linear (2012)
Phase of Flight Corporative Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
Highlights
•Airports need to improve theirmitigation plans in areas ofrunway.•Pilots must report the runwaywhere the hazard identified•Pilots must abort takeoff if theyhave variation in indicators of cab(before V1 speed)•When exceeded V1, pilots mustmake ATB•Pilots should not implementreverses, this increases theconsequence of the impact.•If the pilot sees a flock of birdsshould not change the trajectory
3. Safety Assurance
Take off run33%
Approach20%
Not identified
8%
Langind roll25%
Climb14%
Bird Strike by Phase of Flight - 2012
Highlights
Day time Corporative Bird Strikes Reports
( Damage and No Damage)
3. Safety Assurance
•The station manager must follow the inspection schedule established by the airport•The inspection plan should include several times a day and several observation points•Flight schedules shouldbe modified according toexposure to critical time
afternoon14%
Day45%
night33%
Unknow8%
Bird Strikes By Day Time 2012
4. Safety Promotion
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THANKSJorge RoblesSafety and Quality [email protected]
Adriana MolinaChief Safety and Quality Ground [email protected]
Questions?