Seven States are now collaborating and sharing safety data and information to enhance aviation safety
On 8 September 2026, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka (CAASL) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Viet Nam (CAAV) formally joined the Regional Aviation Safety Data and Information Sharing Initiative on the sidelines of the 61st Conference of Directors General of Civil Aviation being held in Malaysia from 7 to 11 September.
The initiative, first mooted at the inaugural Asia-Pacific Summit for Aviation Safety held in Singapore in 2023, was established by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2024. It now spans seven States committed to collaborating and sharing de-identified safety data and information to identify safety hazards and trends and develop measures to better manage safety risks across the region.
The seven participating States are:
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Sri Lanka
- Viet Nam
The initiative has expanded its safety-data scope from seven to ten categories in 2025. These include runway incursions, unstable approaches that continued to land, and wildlife sightings excluding birds.
To date, more than 13,000 safety reports have been pooled across the original five States, covering January 2023 to April 2026. More than 80% of these reports concerned bird strikes and wildlife sightings, while the remaining 20% included TCAS Resolution Advisories, GPWS/TAWS activations and windshear encounters.
The ten safety occurrence categories are:
- Traffic Collision Avoidance System – Resolution Advisory
- Deviations from Air Traffic Controller assigned altitude
- Ground Proximity Warning System / Terrain Awareness and Warning System activations
- Severe turbulence
- Windshear
- Bird strikes
- Dangerous goods incidents
- Runway incursions
- Unstable approaches that continued to land
- Wildlife sightings, excluding birds
The initiative aims to strengthen regional aviation safety through collaborative, data-driven analysis, allowing participating States to identify emerging hazards and trends that may not be visible from an individual country’s dataset alone.
The document also includes statements from the aviation authorities of Sri Lanka and Viet Nam, describing their participation as supporting proactive, data-driven safety oversight, regional cooperation, and earlier identification and mitigation of emerging aviation risks.
