AIR TRAFFIC INCIDENTS

A list of the applicable rules can be consulted in section GEN 1.6. In the sections below, a descriptive summary is offered to help airspace users, although if there is any discrepancy, the Rule will prevail over the content of the AIP. The content of this AIP section does not fulfil the quality requirements.

DEFINITIONS

Occurrence: means any safety-related event which endangers or which, if not corrected or addressed, could endanger an aircraft, its occupants or any other person and includes in particular an accident or serious incident (Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the reporting, analysis and follow-up of occurrences in civil aviation).

Incident: an occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft which affects or could affect the safety of operation (Regulation (EU) No 996/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the investigation and prevention of accidents and incidents in civil aviation).

Air traffic: all aircraft in flight or operating on the manoeuvring area of an aerodrome (Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 923/2012 of 26 September 2012 laying down the common rules of the air and operational provisions regarding services and procedures in air navigation).

AIR TRAFFIC INCIDENT NOTIFICATIONS

In addition to the information that must be reported by the crew to the ATS services according to article 4.9.4.3.5.1 of the Reglamento de Circulación Aérea, for the purposes of notifying air traffic incidents, the provisions of section ENR 1.15 are applicable.