“Safety in aviation operations has always been one of the International Civil Aviation Organization key concerns”. ICAO stated that “Article 44 of the 1944 Chicago Convention charges ICAO with maintaining a stable and orderly development of international civil aviation worldwide”.

ICAO concluded that “As specified on the ICAO Safety Management website, Safety Management is a managerial mechanism for creating safety accountability lines across the enterprise, including senior managers, in which the safety management framework was applied by developing and implementing an SMS.

” Hence, “an SMS is a systematic approach to safety management, including the required mechanisms, accountabilities, policies and procedures”