SINGAPORE:  , Five Southeast Asian nations said on Thursday ( Oct 17 ) they had agreed to share aviation data and information among themselves, including reports of severe turbulence, to help make air travel safer.
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday, aiming to build the program by the end of the year, their legal aircraft officials said in a mutual statement.
The deal comes as air travel returns from the COVID-19 crisis, which hammered commerce in the region.
The idea was brought up last year, but it took some time for the nations to come to terms on what to promote and the draft procedures that may govern data security.
The five states will collaborate and share de-identified health data and health information to identify health hazards and trends and create mitigating measures to better handle health risks in a first-of-its-kind program in the Asia-Pacific, according to the joint statement.
The countries first identified seven possible categories, including incident warnings, air traffic controllers ‘ altitude deviations, and the deployment of warning systems on the ground.
Reports of intense heat turmoil, windshear, animal strikes and the vehicle of dangerous products are also to be shared.
The Thai Civil Aviation Authority may serve as the “data analyst” and the country’s rival in Singapore, according to the statement.
The statement reads,” The data, conclusions, and recommendations from the analysis of the information may not be used to help investigations of accidents and incidents and may not be used for punishing or police purposes.”
Han Kok Juan, director-general of Singapore’s Civil Aviation Authority, expressed hope for the joining of another nations” to maintain safer stars for the traveling public.”