Uganda has signed a Search and Rescue (SAR) Agreement with South Sudan.The agreement will greatly improve on compliance of both countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It spells out roles of both in situations which require support for one another in the unfortunate event of an aircraft accident or incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uganda has previously won international aviation awards for air safety after scoring \u00a081.8%<\/strong>\u00a0in an audit which was conducted in 2017. This was above the global average of 73% and the African and Indian Ocean (APII) states average of 58% according to ICAO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Uganda Civil Aviation Authority is the regulator of the aviation industry in Uganda.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Editor;msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Uganda has signed a Search and Rescue (SAR) Agreement with South Sudan.The agreement will greatly improve on compliance of both<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/F3Fp1T4WUAAQ2uR.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10625,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/uganda-airlines-registers-another-big-milestone-following-govt-signing-of-bilateral-air-services-agreement-with-saudi-arabia\/","url_meta":{"origin":9635,"position":0},"title":"One day to AFRAA : AS Uganda Airlines Registers Another Big Milestone After Gov\u2019t Signs Bilateral Air Services Agreement With Saudi Arabia","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"One day to AFRAA By Our Senior Reporter in Munyonyo As Kampala prepares for the opening of the much awaited global event, the 55th\u00a0African Airline Association (AFRAA) annual General Assembly ,Uganda and Saudi Arabia have signed\u00a0a Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA)\u00a0to allow scheduled international air services for airlines from two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "National News"","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kajuna.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kajuna.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Kajuna.jpg 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6115,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/gen-katumba-wamala-launches-maritime-search-and-rescue-plan\/","url_meta":{"origin":9635,"position":1},"title":"GEN. 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