Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board

The Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board (KAIB, 항공사고조사위원회) was a South Korean agency that investigated aviation accidents and incidents. Around 2005 its headquarters were in Gonghang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, near Gimpo International Airport, and its flight data recorder/cockpit voice recorder and wreckage laboratory was located on the property of Gimpo Airport.^[1] Around 2004 it had been headquartered in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do.^[2]

Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board (KAIB)
Hangul	항공 사고 조사 위원회
Hanja	航空 事故 調査 委員會
Revised Romanization	Hangong sago josa wiwonhoe
McCune–Reischauer	Hanggong sago chosa wiwŏnhoe

The agency was established on August 12, 2002, replacing the Investigation Division of the Civil Aviation Bureau, Ministry of Construction and Transportation. On July 10, 2006, the Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board formed as a result of a merger between the KAIB and the Railway Accident Investigation Board.^[3]

Investigations

• Air China Flight 129

See also

•  South Korea portal
•  Aviation portal

• Korea Office of Civil Aviation (South Korean civil aviation agency)
• Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal (maritime accident investigation agency)
• The Korea Transport Institute (South Korean transportation research institute)

References

1. "." Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board. 4/168. Retrieved on June 18, 2009."281 Goonghang-Dong Gangseo-Gu, Seoul Republic of Korea" and "The main office is located near Gimpo International Airport, and the flight recorder analysis and wreckage laboratories are located inside the airport."
2. "."Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved on June 7, 2011. "1, Jungang-Dong, Gwacheon-City Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea,427-712"
3. "Establishment ." () Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved on February 15, 2012.

External links

• (Archive)
• (Archive) (in Korean)