The Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB, ko, 항공ㆍ철도사고조사위원회) is an agency of the

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

n government that investigates aviation and railway accidents, subservient to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and headquartered in

Sejong City Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self-governing city and ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea. Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of ...

. The ARAIB opened on July 10, 2006. It was a merger of the

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 In ...

and the

Railway Accident Investigation Board Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

Facilities

Its headquarters is in the MOLIT offices in the in

. Its FDR/CVR Analysis and Wreckage Laboratory is on the property of

Gimpo International Airport Gimpo International Airport (), commonly known as Gimpo Airport , formerly rendered in English as Kimpo International Airport, is located in the far western end of Seoul, some west of the Central District of Seoul. Gimpo was the main interna ...

Gwahae-dong Gwahae-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong (법정동 ) managed by its administrative dong (행정동 ), Gonghang-dong. The Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB) has its ...

, Gangseo-gu,

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

. Previously the headquarters of the ARAIB was in

Gonghang-dong Gonghang-dong is a '' dong'', neighbourhood of Gangseo-gu in Seoul, South Korea. The name ''gonghang'' literally means "airport," which is due to Gimpo Airport (김포공항, ) located in the area. Korean Air's headquarters, Korean Airport Servi ...

, Gangseo-gu,Office Location
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Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved on 18 May 2013. "The main office is located near Gimpo International Airport, and the flight recorder analysis and wreckage laboratories are located inside the airport. "

Accidents investigated by the ARAIB

* Asiana Airlines Flight 991 Also the ARAIB has a support role in the following investigations: *

Asiana Airlines Flight 214 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight originating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea. On the morning of July 6, 2013, the Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight stalled and crashed on f ...

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Facilities

Accidents investigated by the ARAIB

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