Flight Safety Seminar
during SAR Operations
A training seminar, under the title “Flight Safety during
SAR Operations and Emergency Situations”was conducted yesterday.
The seminar, whichwas organized by the Joint
Rescue Coordination Center, with the aim of analyzing issues related to flight safety and prevention of air accidents and incidents
during SAR Operations, took place at the JRCC premises, inLarnaca.
Forty senior executives and officers from 10
Governmental Agencies, as well as officers from UNFICYP and RAF (stationed in
Akrotiri), attended the seminar.
The program of the seminar included presentations by specialized executives of the Ministries and Services of the Republic on related topics.
Seminars and exercises will continue in 2016 with more international participations, establishing Cyprus as a node for humanitarian operations and a regional center providing training and expertise in search and rescue matters.
Press
Office, 28November 2015
