Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board

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

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]

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

^ "KAIB/AAR F0201" (PDF). Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board. March 4, 2005. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 18, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2009. 281 Goonghang-Dong Gangseo-Gu, Seoul Republic of Korea [...] The main office is located near Gimpo International Airport, and the flight recorder analysis and wreckage laboratories are located inside the airport.
^ "copy.gif". Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board. Archived from the original on March 25, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2011. 1, Jungang-Dong, Gwacheon-City Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea, 427-712
^ "Establishment". Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved February 15, 2012.