International Airline Transport Association

The European Union as well as many governments worldwide utilizes United Nations regulations for definition and shipment of hazardous materials. These requirements are developed by the United Nations Committee of Experts for transport of all types of non-radioactive dangerous goods. Other organizations such as the International Airline Transport Association (lATA) turn these requirements from the United Nations into operational and technical requirements and practices. 

For example, the International Air Transport Association, an organization whose membership is composed of international airlines, has its own tariff that sets forth various requirements for the international transportation of hazardous materials by air. 

Classification for transport by cargo aircraft. The statements are based on the Dangerons Goods Regulation issned by lATA (International Air Transport Association). The class and the packaging group are stated. No account is taken of special regulations stipulated by individual countries or airlines. 

The airlines organized in the International Air Transport Association (lATA) carried about 3.6 billion passengers in 2012. Among these, 414 where killed in an aviation accident (lATA, 2013). Of the many accident types, runway excursion is the most common one. There are several types of runway excursions one of the most critical one is runway overrun (RWO) of a landing aircraft, which is investigated in this paper. 

Each year, billions of dollars are spent globally to develop, manufacture, operate, and maintain transportation systems such as aircraft, ships, trains, and motor vehicles. These systems carry billions of tons of goods and billions of passengers annually from one point to another point throughout the world. For example, as per the International Air Transportation Association (lATA), the world s 900 airlines with around 22,000 aircraft carry over 1.6 billion passengers for business and leisure travel each year, and over 40% of world trade of goods is carried by air [1-3]. 

In 1999 an estimated 1.5 billion people from around the world chose to fly on commercial carriers. Within the United States alone, 530 million passengers chose to fly. During that year airliners took off and landed 7.3 million times on domestic flights alone. These aircraft consumed over 13 billion gallons of jet fuel. According to the Air Transport Association the U.S. airline industry spent more than 10 billion for fuel for its members domestic and international flights. 

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