2.7 If several reporters are aware of the same reportable occurrence, are they all required to report it? Situations may occur where several reporters subject to mandatory reporting obligations are aware of the same occurrence.
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In a situation where reporters employed or whose services are contracted or used by different organisations are aware of the same reportable occurrence, they are all required to report that occurrence. |
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| Example:
Two pilots from two different airlines, an air traffic controller, the safety manger of an airport and a ground handler are involved in or witness a collision on the ground between an aircraft and another aircraft. All of them shall report the occurrence even in the case they are working for organisations that are under the responsibility of the same Member State. |
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| Key principle
In the case where reporters employed, or whose services are contracted or used by the same organisation, are aware of the same reportable occurrence while being physically together, it is understood that not of all of them are required to report the occurrence. They can do so but are not considered under the obligation to do so. |
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| Example:
Two ground handlers working for the same organisation discover a foreign object on the aerodrome movement area which has been considered to have endangered or which might have endangered an aircraft or its occupants. In this case the occurrence may be reported by only one of the ground handlers. |
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