The ICAO EUR/APAC SAR Meeting and Workshop 2024 jointly organized by the ICAO EUR/NAT and APAC regional offices and hosted by the State Civil Aviation Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan, was held, in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 2 to 4 October 2024.

The primary objectives of the meeting and workshop were to strengthen cooperation between the European and Asia/Pacific Regions on SAR implementation and to assess States’ readiness in applying the Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety System (GADSS), focusing on Autonomous Distress Tracking (ADT). A tabletop exercise on ADT and the Location of an Aircraft in Distress Repository (LADR) further facilitated these discussions. A tabletop exercise on ADT and Location of an Aircraft in Distress Repository (LADR) was conducted by the French Mission Control Centre (FMCC) and assisted by EUROCONTROL.