Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (India)

Government division

For similarly-named agencies in other jurisdictions, see AAIB.

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|

* GVG Yugandhar, 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

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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

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* 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]

## See also

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* Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
* International Civil Aviation Organization
* Airline codes
* Aviation Safety
* Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)
* Airport Authority of India
* Commission of Railway Safety – Railway safety investigator

## References

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1. ^ "Contact". Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau. Retrieved 2 March 2024. "Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau Udaan Bhawan Aurobindo Marg New Delhi-110003 India"
2. ^ "Scindia inaugurates 'Udaan Bhawan' at Delhi's Safdarjung Airport". The Economic Times. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
3. ^ "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"
4. ^ "No. AV. 11012/01/2011 - PG" (PDF). Ministry of Civil Aviation. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
5. ^ 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.

## External links

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* Official website

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Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)

Organizations|

| Directorates|

* Directorate General of Civil Aviation

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Attached offices|

* Bureau of Civil Aviation Security
* Commission of Railway Safety
* Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau

Autonomous bodies|

* Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy

Statutory bodies|

* Airports Authority of India

Schemes|

* UDAN

Missions|

* Vande Bharat Mission

Projects|

* National Infrastructure Pipeline
* Civil Air Department RG-1 Rohini
* Civil Aviation Department MG-1
* Civil Aviation Department Mrigasheer
* Civil Aviation Department Revathi
* Hindustan Ardhra

Secretaries|

* Pradeep Singh Kharola(incumbent)

Ministers|

* John Mathai(Minister of Transport)
* N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar(Minister of Transport and Railways)
* Lal Bahadur Shastri(Minister of Railways and Transport)
* Hari Vinayak Pataskar
* Lal Bahadur Shastri(Minister of Transport and Communications)
* S. K. Patil(Minister of Transport and Communications)
* P. Subbarayan(Minister of Transport and Communications)
* Jagjivan Ram(Minister of Transport and Communications)
* Satya Narayan Sinha
* Nityanand Kanungo(As MoS)
* Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy(Minister of Transport, Aviation, Shipping, and Tourism)
* Karan Singh
* Raj Bahadur
* Kotha Raghuramaiah
* Purushottam Kaushik
* Mohammad Shafi Qureshi
* Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
* Anant Prasad Sharma
* Bhagwat Jha Azad (MoS, IC)
* Khurshed Alam Khan
* Jagdish Tytler
* Motilal Vora
* Shivraj Patil (MoS, IC)
* Arif Mohammed Khan
* Harmohan Dhawan(MoS, IC)
* Madhavrao Scindia
* Ghulam Nabi Azad
* V. Dhananjaya Kumar
* C. M. Ibrahim
* Ananth Kumar
* Sharad Yadav
* Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
* Rajiv Pratap Rudy (MoS, IC)
* Praful Patel (MoS, IC)
* Vayalar Ravi
* Ajit Singh
* Ashok Gajapathi Raju
* Narendra Modi
* Suresh Prabhu
* Hardeep Singh Puri(MoS, IC)
* Jyotiraditya Scindia(incumbent)

Other|

* Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan

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Aviation accident and incident investigation agencies

Africa

* DACM
* CCAA
* ANACM
* ANAC
* BPEA
* MCA
* ECAA
* BEIAA
* GCAA
* KCAA
* LYCAA
* BEA
* ANAC
* BEA
* DAAI
* NSIB
* BEA
* BEA
* CAA
* CAA
* SSCAA
* TCAA
* DGAC

Asia

* IAC
* IAC
* CAAB
* CAAC
* AAIA
* AAIB
* NTSC
* CAO
* CAA
* JTSB
* IAC
* ARAIB
* LCAA
* AACM
* MOT
* AICC
* AAIB
* CAAN
* PCAA
* CAAP
* IAC
* GACA
* TSIB
* CAA
* TTSB
* IAC
* AAIC
* DGCA
* IAC
* GCAA
* IAC

Europe

* IAC
* IAC
* SIA
* IAC
* AAIU
* AAIIB
* AAII
* AIB
* ESIB
* SIA
* BEA
* BFU
* AAIB
* HARSIA
* TSB
* AAIB
* AAIU
* ANSV
* IAC
* IAC
* TAIIB
* AET
* DSB
* AIBN
* SCAAI (civil)
* KBWLLP (state/military)
* GPIAAF
* IAC
* CAD
* AMIA
* CIAIAC
* SHK
* STSB
* DGCA
* NBAAI
* AAIB

North America

* AAIB
* ECCAA
* BCAD
* AAIB
* AAIB
* TSB
* AAIB
* DGAC
* IACC
* ECCAA
* CIAA
* AAC
* ECCAA
* BEA
* DGAC
* DGAC
* JCAA
* BEA
* DGAC
* AAIB
* INAC
* AAC
* NTSB
* ECCAA
* ECCAA
* ECCAA
* TTCAA
* AAIB
* NTSB
* NTSB

Oceania

* NTSB
* ATSB
* DTC&I
* BEA
* CAAF
* NTSB
* BEA
* TAIC
* NTSB
* AIC

South America

* JIAAC
* DGAC
* CENIPA
* DGAC
* UAEAC
* DGAC
* AAIB
* BEA
* GCAA
* DINAC
* CIAA
* OIPAIA
* DGPIAA

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* VIAF

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