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The Annual Safety Review for Ireland 2014 has been published. Overall 2014 was quite a good year for aviation safety both in global terms and in Ireland as well. There were no fatal aviation accidents in Ireland during 2014 involving Irish registered or Irish operated Commercial Air Transport aeroplanes or helicopters nor were there any fatal accidents involving the General Aviation community. There were small numbers of non-fatal accidents and serious incidents involving both commercial air transport and general aviation operators, details of which are provided in the report.

Notwithstanding the continuing improvements in aviation, fatal accidents can still occur and we must continually strive to look for opportunities to improve safety and remain vigilant to potential safety risks. Identifying the potential cause of accidents before they occur continues to be our priority and to this end, we encourage persons engaged in aviation activities, whether part of approved or certified organisation or not, to report safety occurrences affecting aviation safety so that the body of data available for risk assessment continues to grow. A new EU Regulation 376/2014 on occurrence reporting becomes applicable on 15th November 2015 which includes enhanced legal provisions in this area, including, for the first time, mandatory reporting requirements for those involved in general aviation.

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