A new campaign is aiming to educate pilots, passengers and the public about safely operating planes in the private sector.

A panel which included members from COPA, Transport Canada, the Western Canada Safety Board, the Southern Interior Flight Centre and a partner group addressed a full audience, Saturday, June 24 at UBCO.

One of the main issues discussed during the forum was although commercial flight accidents have decreased, general aviation flight (anything but scheduled and non-military planes) accidents have not.

These accidents mostly occur during the take off and landing phases of flights, said COPA President Bernard Gervais.

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About 60 per cent of all incidents occur during those two phases of flight, he said.

The three-year campaign includes associations from across Canada, which will gather information to increase safety awareness.

Greg Sewell is a resident of Peachland and Surrey. His daughter, Lauren Sewell, was killed in a plane crash five years ago.

He said if there were shoulder restraints in the plane, she would have lived.

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