• Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) will probe the Air India plane crash near the Ahmedabad airport.

• Air India’s Dreamliner Boeing 787 aircraft, involved in the crash, had 242 people on board, including 12 crew members.

Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)

• In accordance with Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) issued by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and to ensure independence of investigation from the regulatory function, the government of India decided to establish a bureau independent of Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

• Keeping in mind the Indian scenario, the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules 2012 were formulated and notified on July 5, 2012. 

• In accordance with these Rules and for the purposes of carrying out investigation into accidents, serious incidents and incidents, the government of India set up the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau

(AAIB) in the Ministry of Civil Aviation on July 30, 2012.

• AAIB is an attached office of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.

• At present, investigation works are carried out as per amended Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules 2017 as AAIB has got immediate and unrestricted access to all relevant evidence without

seeking prior consent from judicial bodies or other government authorities.

• All accidents and serious incidents involving aircraft with all-up weight (AUW) more than 2,250 kg or turbojet aircraft are investigated by AAIB.

Functions of AAIB include: 

• To facilitate the investigation and administrative work of the investigation whenever necessary.

• To formulate safety recommendations on the basis of safety studies, including induction of new technology to enhance safety, conducted from time to time.

• To establish and maintain an accident and serious incident database for effective analysis of information on actual or potential safety deficiencies. 

• To forward the recommendations made in investigation reports and safety studies to DGCA and other regulatory authorities for their follow up and to obtain compliance of the same.

• To inform International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) of the issuance of a Safety Recommendation of Global Concern (SRGC) and its responses in dated transmittal correspondence, even when the SRGC is not addressed to ICAO.

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