Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (India)

Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau
	Parent Agency - Ministry of Civil Aviation
Agency overview
Formed	5 July 2012
Jurisdiction	India
Headquarters	Safdarjung Airport; New Delhi
Minister responsible	Minister of Civil Aviation;
Agency executive	Puja Singh Mandol, Director General;
Parent department	Ministry of Civil Aviation
Website	aaib.gov.in

The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is a division of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India which investigates aircraft accidents and incidents in India.

The head office is in Udaan Bhawan,^[1] an office building on the property of Safdarjung Airport in New Delhi.^[2] Previously the head office was elsewhere on the airport property.^[3]

Statutory Backing

Earlier, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) conducted investigations and gave information to the investigations established by the Court of Inquiry and the Committee Inquiry. A separate investigative agency was established to comply with the Standards And Recommended Practices (SARPs) of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).^[4]

The agency was established by Order No. AV-15029/002/2008-CG dated 26 May 2011. The Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2012 came into effect on 5 July 2012. It provides for setting up of an Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau.

Investigations

AAIB, India has carried out more than 150 Accident and Incident investigations so far including major accident in 2020 of Air India Express Flight 1344.^[5]

References

^ "Contact". Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. Retrieved 2 March 2024. Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau Udaan Bhawan Aurobindo Marg New Delhi-110003 India
^ "Scindia inaugurates 'Udaan Bhawan' at Delhi's Safdarjung Airport". The Economic Times. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
^ "Home". Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2024. Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau Safdarjung Airport Arobindo Marg New Delhi-110003
^ "No. AV. 11012/01/2011 - PG" (PDF). Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
^ Kulkarni, Sagar (7 August 2020). "AAIB to probe Kozhikode plane accident". No. 7 August 2020. Deccan Herald. Deccan Herald New Service. Retrieved 11 August 2020.