FOD or foreign object damage in aviation is any object whether alive or not, found disproportionately at any location in the airport environment that can damage the aircraft along with harming the people in airplane or helicopter as well as at the airport. The presence of FOD is very concerning and now many FOD prevention programs and products are available to avoid inevitable circumstances. All the FOD programs have four main aspects which include awareness training, inspection, maintenance, and coordination. Every FOD has its way of preventing runway FOD relates to objects falling from aircraft, or any broken equipment, Taxiway FOD relates to the presence of small objects, and Maintenance FOD relates to tools, small parts, or materials.

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