The aviation organizations will be able to report incidents only digitally as of January 1, 2024, the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority revealed, while the necessary changes are in negotiations until October 22.
The aviation organisations report to the Swedish Transport Agency on different issues are important for being aware of the development in aviation safety so airlines, airports and air traffic services will report the flight safety incidents on a file or via the digital solution on the Swedish website.
With the consultation proposal, the Danish Transport Agency suggests that all flight incidents must be reported via the digital solution on the Danish Agency’s website.
This means that the changes that will apply from next year onward will no longer allow reporting flight safety incidents by sending an E5x form to the Swedish Transport Agency.
The changes mean that BL 8-15, which relates to EU regulation no. 376/2014 on reporting, analysis and follow-up of events in civil aviation, is now under consultation. The consultation deadline is 22 October 2023.
Aviation organisations that want to assist in the transition to the digital solution, are welcome to contact the analysis department at the Danish Transport Agency, with the deadline being set next month.
Incidents in the railway area will also have to be reported via e new reporting portal, in an effort for the country to improve the data collection and further develop the railway safety in the country.
Every year, during the first quarter of the year, all railway companies and infrastructure managers report the accidents or incidents that could have escalated into accidents in the previous year and this will continue to apply.
We would like to carry out a technological upgrade in relation to the data collection of incident reports. We are doing this with a new reporting portal, where companies on the railway must in future report all incidents digitally. The purpose is to give us a better basis for working with the data that can increase our knowledge of where there may be a need to strengthen attention to rail safety.
A recent report from Eurostat revealed that cars remain the primary means of transportation in all European countries with only a few countries like Switzerland and Sweden having a more efficient use of trains with 13.7 per cent of the transportation being made by railway. Denmark had a share of 1.9 per cent in terms of using trains as transportation mode, compared to 83.7 per cent that were dedicated to passenger cars.
