Air Transport: Officials Trained To Ensure Safety

Aviation personnel from some African countries wrapped up a course on Dangerous Goods Safety Oversight last Friday.

Transport officials from some African countries have been schooled on safety measures when handling and transporting dangerous goods by air. The five-day onsite training programme on Dangerous Goods Safety Oversight ended in Yaounde, Friday July 28, 2017, with a ceremony chaired by the Deputy Director General of the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority (CCAA), Allabira Mamadou.

During the closing ceremony of the training organized by the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), in collaboration with the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority and the Singapore Aviation Academy, the AFCAC Director of Security, Papa Atoumane Fall, urged participants to implement knowledge acquired back in their home countries. Considering that States are required to have inspection and enforcement procedures to ensure that dangerous goods are being carried in compliance with requirements, he called on the aviation personnel to establish their countries’ Dangerous Goods Safety Oversight programme.

For their part, the participants, through their representative, Colonel Jarra Lawrence, an aircraft accident investigator from Gambia, said the training was an eye opener. They commended the s...