Failure of air transport
Air transport is the transport of goods and passengers by air. A failure of air transport occurs when air transport is interrupted.
This risk is different from that of air accidents. Find out more about air accidents.
Risks and causes
Causes
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What can you do?
There are no specific recommendations for this risk. Find out about your flight(s) from your airline and/or airport. They are obliged to provide you with the necessary information in the event of a failure.
Impact and probability
The figures relating to probability and impact describe a extreme failure of air transport. The BNRA theoretically describes such a scenario as follows:
- Critical airport infrastructure is destroyed.
- This affects the provision of services at all Belgian regional and international airports for more than 10 days, and has an impact on the provision of services at airports close to our national borders.
- As a result, nearby reroutes are unavailable.
How should you interpret these results?
Within the BNRA, experts assessed three scenarios for each risk: considerable, major or extreme. On each page, you will find the results of the scenario with the highest score based on the combination of likelihood and impact. This does not mean that this scenario will occur or is the most likely. Read more here about how to correctly interpret the results.
Probability
Moderate
Human impact
Very weak
Societal impact
Moderate
Environmental impact
No impact
Financial impact
Moderate
What do the authorities do?
The FPS Mobility oversees the safety of air transport.