{"id":1477,"date":"2017-02-26T20:59:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T01:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=1477"},"modified":"2017-02-26T20:59:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T01:59:32","slug":"fresh-warnings-as-faa-clarifies-weapons-risk-in-kenya-mali-airspace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/fresh-warnings-as-faa-clarifies-weapons-risk-in-kenya-mali-airspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh warnings as FAA clarifies weapons risk in Kenya, Mali airspace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Feb 27th, 2017: The FAA has issued fresh warnings for Kenyan and Malian airspace<\/strong>, warning US operators of the\u00a0potential dangers in operating through both the Nairobi and Malian FIR&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Published on Feb 26th, the new advice <strong>also adds new language with clarification of the type of weapons and phases of flight<\/strong> that the FAA is concerned about, specifically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>fire from small arms,<\/li>\n<li>indirect fire weapons (such as mortars and rockets), and<\/li>\n<li>anti-aircraft weapons such as MANPADS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The scenarios considered highest risk include :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>landings and takeoffs,<\/li>\n<li>low altitudes, and<\/li>\n<li>aircraft on the ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The FAA uses the same wording for both Kenya and Mali. Additionally for <strong>Mali<\/strong>, the Algerian CAA has concurrently published <a href=\"http:\/\/safeairspace.net\/information\/mali\/\">airspace closures<\/a> along their southern border due to the conflict, and the FAA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/safeairspace.net\/information\/mali\/\">background notes<\/a> on the Mali conflict still stand.<\/p>\n<p>The updated guidance is intended for\u00a0US operators and FAA License holders, but in reality is used by most International Operators including EU and Asian carriers, since only <a href=\"http:\/\/safeairspace.net\/information\/assessing-airspace-risk-levels-and-justification\/\">four countries<\/a> currently provide useful information on airspace security and conflict zones.<\/p>\n<p>The Notams both use FL260 as the minimum safe level, though we would suggest, as usual, that a higher level closer to <a href=\"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/what-altitude-is-safe-enough-to-overfly-a-conflict-zone\/\">FL300 is more sensible<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>These updates\u00a0have been notified through <a href=\"http:\/\/safeairspace.net\">SafeAirspace.net<\/a>, a collaborative and information sharing tool used by airlines, business jet operators, state agencies, military, and private members of \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/opsgroup2017.com\">OPSGROUP<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the new wording in the latest FAA Notams on Mali and Kenya:<\/p>\n<pre>POSSIBILITY OF ATTACKS ON CIVIL AVIATION BY EXTREMISTS\/MILITANTS.\r\nAIRCRAFT MAY ENCOUNTER FIRE FROM SMALL ARMS; INDIRECT FIRE WEAPONS,\r\nSUCH AS MORTARS AND ROCKETS; AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT CAPABLE WEAPONS,\r\nINCLUDING MAN-PORTABLE AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS (MANPADS).SUCH WEAPONS \r\nCOULD TARGET AIRCRAFT AT LOW ALTITUDES, INCLUDING DURING THE ARRIVAL\r\nAND DEPARTURE PHASES OF FLIGHT, AND\/OR AIRPORTS AND AIRCRAFT ON THE\r\nGROUND.<\/pre>\n<p>The NOTAMs in full are on our <a href=\"http:\/\/safeairspace.net\/information\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/safeairspace.net\/information\/mali\/\">Mali<\/a> pages respectively.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/safeairspace.net\/information\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a> country information page at safeairspace.net<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/safeairspace.net\/information\/mali\/\">Mali<\/a> country information page at safeairspace.net<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opsgroup2017.com\">OPSGROUP<\/a> collaborative project<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 27th, 2017: The FAA has issued fresh warnings for Kenyan and Malian airspace, warning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,69],"tags":[57,132,784,645],"class_list":{"0":"post-1477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-briefings","8":"category-special-report","9":"tag-kenya","10":"tag-mali","11":"tag-overflight-risk","12":"tag-safeairspace-net"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1477"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1481,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1477\/revisions\/1481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}