The European Association for Unmanned Aviation (UAV DACH) has created a proposal for a new air risk assessment methodology to be considered by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for further regulatory initiatives.
UAV DACH says that the methodology could also be discussed at the upcoming plenary meeting of the JARUS – Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems in Ghana.
“The methodology offers a transparent, data-driven approach to assessing the air risk associated with UAS operations in urban environments,” says UAV DACH. “It accounts for crewed aircraft legally permitted to operate at low altitudes, including emergency medical and police flights.”
The association adds that calculations based on representative German cities show that the resulting air risk remains low – even when estimated traffic volumes are doubled by applying a conservative 100% safety margin. “The methodology therefore provides aviation authorities with quantitative evidence that can complement existing assessments under the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) framework.”
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