Foreign Object Debris: Managing the Risk

Kirsten Riensema Head of Aerodrome Standards Safety Regulation Group CAA

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FOD Management
The role of regulations The role of SMS OUR role

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Current regulatory provisions

ICAO, Annex 14:
Para. 10.2.1 and Para. 2.9.3 Doc 9137 Airport Services Manual Part 8

UK Interpretation in CAP168 EASA

Implementing Rules for aerodromes due to come into effect in Jan 2014.
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ECAC FOD WG
Commenced discussions in May 2009 EU stakeholder NAAs, inc Eurocontrol & FAA The final report submitted to ICAOs General Assembly
no international regulation of FOD management; no globally accepted definition of FOD or taxonomy; lack of comparative data due to data collection inconsistencies

ECCAIRS FOD reporting page

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ICAO 37th Assembly

ICAO will take the lead in establishing a global definition and taxonomy on FOD.

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EUROCAE FOD WG
Produce recommendations for regulatory bodies (EASA, ICAO) on future specifications and standards relating to automatic FOD detection, covering both technical performance and operational procedures and integration.

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Mandatory Occurrence Reports

UK MOR FOD DATA 2000-2009
Misc

Apron

Taxiway

Runway 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

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Mandatory Occurrence Reports

UK FOD MORS - DAMAGE CAUSED
No Damage

Misc

Tyres

Engines 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

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Health & Safety at Work

31% of FOD MORs were found on aircraft stands

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UK CAA FOD Catalogue

Catalogued items found on Runways, Taxiways and Aprons. Runway FOD fell into 2 categories:
Aircraft parts that have become detached. Items of ground equipment inadvertently left behind on aircraft.
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UK CAA FOD Catalogue

Taxiway FOD: mainly associated with airport vehicles, from tow bars to springs.
Parking stand FOD: larger items associated with vehicles but many smaller items associated with baggage and cargo.
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Regulation only can go so far to eliminate FOD risk. Identification and clean-up is the second half of the equation.

We need more effort to prevent items from getting there in the first place.

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A concept of accident causation

Organisation Workplace People Defences Accident

Latent conditions trajectory

Source: James Reason

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Safety Management Systems

Safety Policies and Objectives Safety Risk Management Safety Assurance Safety Promotion

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SMS in practice
SMS: an operator should identify all hazards and risks, and put in place appropriate mitigation What if some of those hazards result from the operation or integration of the activities of a separate organisation on the aerodrome? What if the mitigation requires the cooperation of other organisations? In fact, a great majority of the functions/activities on an aerodrome are of a cross-functional nature
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Coordinated SMS
Airside Safety Committees Runway Safety Committees Reporting systems Etc.

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Positive Culture
Informed culture People are knowledgeable about the human, technical, organizational and environmental factors that determine the safety of the system as a whole. Reporting culture People are prepared to report their errors and experiences

Source: David Marx

Flexible culture People can adapt organizational processes when facing high temporary operations or certain kinds of danger, shifting from the conventional hierarchical mode to a flatter mode.

Positive culture

Just culture People are encouraged (even rewarded) for providing essential safety-related information. However, there is a clear line that differentiates between acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
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Learning culture People have the willingness and the competence to draw conclusions from safety information systems and the will to implement major reforms.

Thank You

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