Landing Risk Reduction

Presented to APRAST 3
by Captain Michel Menestrot
Regional Senior Director SE Asia & Pacific
Flight Operations Support and Flight Safety
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RWY Excursion remains #1 accident category

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Costs for landing excursions will keep growing

AIRBUS-WILLIS analysis : 2020 claims forecast

Cumulative hull loss value USD 9,2b

USD(m) (adjusted at 2% inflation rate per annum)
10,000

9,000 USD 6,8b

8,000 2000-2003
growth trend
7,000

6,000
This is only a portion of
5,000 total costs...
4,000
• Airline operational losses
• Airport operational losses
3,000
• Etc.
2,000

1,000

0
1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020
Source : ASCEND Database

Aviation industry now needs a game changer...

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Mitigation means of runway overrun risk

Proactive
Operational Airport
on-board
procedures technology infrastructures

1998
Flight Safety Foundation
(FSF) Approach & Landing
Accident Reduction
(ALAR) Toolkit 2009-2012 Recommended ICAO
Runway End Safety
Area (RESA)
Arresting System
2010 (EMAS)
Improved runway
FAA Takeoff & Landing condition reporting
Performance Assessment
(TALPA)
Aviation Rulemaking
Committee (ARC)

Like EGPWS & TCAS, ROPS can become a game changer

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Runway Overrun Prevention System

Short final & Landing

Real time computation of realistic landing distance and

remaining braking distance

Transition Point

Runway end Overrun Protection

STOP

Runway end Overrun Warning

GO AROUND

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ROPS – Runway end overrun warning (ROW)

Alerts, call outs, displays and actions required

Transition Point

PFD Audio Actions

(Below 500 ft) (Below 200 ft) (Below 500 ft)

Go-Around Decision
If Runway Condition
None
not DRY
(Pilots)

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ROPS – Runway end overrun warning (ROW)

Alerts, call outs, displays and actions required

Transition Point

PFD Audio Actions

(Below 500 ft) (Below 200 ft) (Below 500 ft)

Go-Around
Decision
"RWY TOO SHORT !" Whatever Runway
Condition
(Pilots)

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ROPS – Runway end overrun protection (ROP)

Alerts, call outs, displays and actions required

Transition Point

PFD Audio Actions

(Below 500 ft) (Below 200 ft) (Below 500 ft)

“BRAKE…MAX BRAKING…MAX BRAKING”

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If Max Braking applied and Max Reverse not
selected, Max Braking (Pilots)
"SET MAX REVERSE" Max Reverse (Pilots)
"KEEP MAX REVERSE"
(Below 80 KIAS)

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ROPS – Available for all Airbus families in production

A380 and A350XWB Status

 Certified by EASA on October 15th, 2009

 Coupled with Brake-To-Vacate (BTV)
 Implementation through Software Change only
 ROPS extension to pedal braking - approved by EASA Q2 2011

 Basic at Entry Into Service

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ROPS – Available for all Airbus families in production

A320 Family and A330/340 status

 Implementation through software change mainly

(retrofit can be done overnight)
 Compatible with EIS1 and EIS2
 Target date for implementation 2014

“Easy-To-Retrofit’ solution
A consistent approach for all Airbus aircraft in production...

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Airbus Safety Initiatives to mitigate RWY Excursions

LANDING SAFETY
 Prevention of runway excursion at landing
 Recognised by the Insurance & Risk Management community
 Potential savings in insurance premium

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Airbus Safety Initiatives to mitigate RWY Excursions

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Airbus Safety Initiatives to mitigate RWY Excursions

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