Eurocontrol Alerting Countries about "Safety Risk" Flights

Eurocontrol is now alerting authorities in European states where aircraft deemed to pose a safety risk are either attempting to depart or intending to land.

Eurocontrol's Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU), which collects and redispatches all flight plans for flights entering, overflying or departing from Europe, will issue an alert if any company or aircraft that is listed by national authorities as posing a potential safety risk.

National authorities that are affected by either the departure or arrival of such a flight will receive a warning, allowing them to take appropriate action such as initiating an inspection, preventing the aircraft from taking off, or even keeping them from entering their territory.  05-15-2006.

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