Accidents
Italy Deals with Alarming Number of Runway Incursions
Incursions climbed by 40 percent from 2012 to last year.

Responding to a 40-percent rise in runway incursion incidents reported during 2013, Italy’s National Flight Safety Agency (the ANSV) has issued four safety recommendations. The agency said that of the 151 total runway incursions reported last year, 24 involved animals, while the remainder involved vehicles, aircraft or people.