This unique compilation of aviation safety data is available nowhere else. Task Force to assemble and analyze data, and to develop low-cost and universally applicable methods for preventing these accidents. The task force comprises volunteers from throughout the world who were assembled and led by the Foundation, in cooperation with the International Air Transport Association and the International Civil Aviation Organization. Among the FSF ALAR Task Force reports is a unique, in-depth examination of 287 fatal ALAs, which killed 7,185 people worldwide in 1980 through 1996. The accidents claimed 3,177 lives.
Many CFIT accidents occur during approach and landing.
For example, nearly half of the CFIT accidents examined in the NLR report occurred during approach and landing. In addition to providing comprehensive data that substantiate the nature and menace of CFIT and ALAs, the special issue of Flight Safety Digest presents landmark recommendations by the FSF ALAR Task Force for preventing these types of accidents. Stuart Matthews said that implementation of the task force recommendations will make a safe system even safer. Nevertheless, the system can be made safer. The tools and procedures generated by the FSF task force require a small investment to achieve a large improvement in air safety worldwide.