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Per year for 1500 fall military aviation
14-08-2015 16:13
In five years it went to some 7,500 events annually that number is approximately constant. Accidents and serious incidents are not in there.
Annually about 1500 times mentions incidents that have brought or could endanger the safety of military traffic at risk.
According to figures of Defense.
In five years it went to some 7,500 events annually that number is approximately constant. Accidents and serious incidents are not in there.
About the nature of the reports will not be too much defense lost. A small part of all notifications according to the Defence about technical failures or for example a collision with a bird or devices that are irradiated with a laser pointer.
Precaution
According to Defence goes overwhelmingly to reports precaution. It could be a faulty warning light. Despite the fact that there was no real problem, however, this is reported as an event.
About the high number of reports a spokesman says: '' many incidents are reported and recorded because our staff and the organization attach great importance to flight safety. That is why even the smallest incident that could affect flight safety, potentially recorded. ''
WOB
An appeal to the Open Government Act (WOB) to get an overview of the messages is rejected. There are as many reasons for Defence. Thus, according to the security of the State is at stake. Other countries may derive namely information about the readiness of the Dutch Air Force, including on the state of the equipment and the proficiency of the pilots.
Defence also fears that employees no longer any incident report freely and the messages become public. Only if employees can be assured that the reports are confidential, they provide maximum transparency, says Defence.
By: Reuters / Nu.nl/ Photo: Reuters