SUCCESSFUL WORKSHOP ON LOC-I AND UPRT CO-ORGANISED BY ICAO-KCAA-ETHIOPIA CAA
Kenya, one of the CASSOA Partner States, and champion for Emerging Safety Issues Support Team for the Loss of Control in-Flight (LOC-I) together with the ICAO Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, and Ethiopian CAA co-organised a workshop on LOC-I and UPRT (Upset Prevention and Recovery Training) from 19th – 21st December, 2016 at the Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy in Addis Ababa.
The workshop which was attended by a cross section of both pilots and aviation engineers from all the African ICAO regions, was facilitated by experienced aviators drawn from both operator and regulators. The workshop was a follow-up of the LOC-I symposium which was organised by KCAA in Nairobi, Kenya from 22nd – 24th June, 2015, during which CASSOA was invited and made a presentation on LOC-I.
The Regional Director ICAO ESAF, Mr. Barry Kashambo, delivering closing remarks of the LOC-I and UPRT workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 21st December, 2016.
The programme of the workshop included presentations on the latest developments on UPRT, the 5-year plan of action on LOC-I and a practical session for all participants on a UPRT compliant Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD). The participants gained useful information on how to handle stalls and recover from aeroplane upsets during this workshop. A simple basic principle that the participants found helpful was:
Detect >> Recognise >> Recall >> React
In general, it was noted that most of the air accidents that occur as a result of LOC-I and aircraft upset, are as a result of the pilot failing to properly follow the above principle.
Of interest to the participants was another simple rule of recovering from a stall, which is:
Lower the nose (reduce angle of attack) >> reduce bank angle to 0 degrees >> add power as necessary in order to level flight
The Agency which was represented by its Executive Director, Mr. Robert Mwesigwa Nviiri, thanked the organisers and facilitators of this workshop because it considers such workshops and in particular, the topic of LOC-I and UPRT a necessity in the 21st Century aviation industry and operations. The workshop was closed by the Regional Director of ICAO ESAF, Mr. Barry Kashambo after handing Certificates of Attendance to all the participants.
CASSOA
22nd December 2016