Aviation Safety Policy and Goals

Safety is the highest priority across all of KAI’s business activities. By making safety a part of daily practice, KAI consistently achieves its zero-accident goal in aircraft development, production, and test flights. To maintain a cutting-edge aviation safety management system, KAI focuses on proactively identifying, evaluating, and mitigating safety risks, while continuing to foster an advanced safety culture. To ensure systematic and sustainable growth in aviation safety, KAI has established a robust organizational structure led by the CEO. This includes the General Safety Manager, Chief Safety Manager, and department-level safety officers who collaborate closely and promote active communication to strengthen proactive risk control. KAI reviews and updates its aviation safety performance indicators (SPIs) and goals annually. Progress is monitored and assessed on a quarterly basis to ensure continued alignment with safety objectives. To prepare for potential emergencies during aircraft development, manufacturing, and test flights, KAI conducts more than four emergency response drills annually. These drills enhance initial response capabilities and incorporate self-assessments to identify issues and implement improvements, ensuring timely and effective response in real-life situations.

Aviation Safety Risk Management

KAI has established an aviation safety risk management system to identify and analyze aviation safety hazards in advance, assess the level of risk, and implement preventive measures to mitigate risks. KAI strengthens preventive measures by collecting various safety data and measuring and analyzing risks, and it takes appropriate mitigation measures according to the degree of risk at the risk assessment stage.

Aviation Safety Assurance

We conduct internal aviation safety audits. When deficiencies are found, we issue corrective action requests and implement improvements, continuously monitoring their effectiveness. Following our SMS manual, we analyze internal audit results and incorporate them into future audit plans to ensure continuous improvement. We also establish and implement targeted mitigation measures tailored to each season to address potential seasonal safety risks in flight and production proactively. We conduct continuous aviation safety oversight in response to the increased frequency and complexity of test flights due to aircraft development, mass production, and seasonal factors. Through the integrated management of human, material, and environmental factors, we strive to minimize operational risks and prevent safety incidents before they occur.