News / The ACID test for air freight safety: successfully sharing incident data

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Data protection is critical for the air cargo industry if it is to get behind IATA’s vision of an Air Cargo Incidents Database (ACID).

ACID, potentially part of IATA’s Simplifying the Business Cargo initiative, would create a database of de-identified airline incident reports, offering a secure environment for airlines and ground handlers to pool safety and operations information.

It would be used to predict trends, mitigate risk and improve processes.

The scope of ‘incidents’ would include dangerous goods, ULDs, lithium batteries and general ...