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Industry Group To Examine Ground Handling Safety

NATA announced the creation of the Ground Safety Alliance, an industry-led, data-gathering body that will work to improve ground handling safety.

The newly-established Ground Safety Alliance is dedicated to improving business and general aviation ground handling safety. The industry-led initiative seeks to collect data from companies while protecting their confidentiality in order to track trends and determine where changes are required across the segment.

By Curt Epstein • Business Aviation Services Editor

September 16, 2021

At its virtual Ground Handling Safety Symposium this week, NATA announced the creation of the Ground Safety Alliance (GSA), a collaborative, industry-led, data-gathering body that will work to raise the bar on aircraft ground-handling operations and reduce the number of incidents. While injuries arising from these incidents are rare, "hangar rash," towing mishaps, and ground vehicle-aircraft collisions often result in costly aircraft damage.

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