Africa-Wide Air Safety Authority Set For June Debut
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 05.22.07 | 12:01 PM ET
The exhilarating, otherworldly and perilous experience of flying within Africa promises to get safer in June with the inauguration of the African Civil Aviation Authority (AFRO-CAA). According to the AP, the AFRO-CAA will be modeled after the EU Aviation Safety Agency and the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency, and, among other things, will for the first time develop uniform technical standards across the continent. ‘“This will be a big step to improve safety in Africa,” said Harry Eggerschwiler, chief of operations for the AFRO-CAA. “When you go to international safety meetings you always hear ‘Africa, Africa.’ Well, we are now doing something about it.”
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
