The ''Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board'' (JIAAC ) was the civil aviation accident investigation agency of
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
. The JIAAC had its headquarters in
Chacao,
Caracas
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas). Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the ...
,
Miranda State
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. Before its closure, it was an organization under the
Ministry of Transport and Communications. It was originally the ''Air Accident Investigation Committee'' (CIAA, ). Previously the JIAAC was an independent authority of the
Ministry of Public Works and Housing.
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Archive
International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international sc ...
. Retrieved on May 6, 2011. That Ministry was known as the ''Ministry of Popular Power for Infrastructure'' () from January 2007 to March 2009, and was previously the ''Ministry for Infrastructure'' ( Minfra).
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updated 2 February 2011, accessed 6 May 2011. Lorllys Ramos Acevedo was the final director of the JIAAC.
Now Venezuela has the ''Directorate General for the Prevention and Investigation of Aeronautical Accidents'' (), under the
Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport The Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport (), "Ministry of the Popular Power of Aquatic and Air Transport", MPPTAA or MTAA) is a ministry of the Government of Venezuela. Its head office is on the 12th floor of the ''Torre Pequiven'' in Chacao Munic ...
.
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Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport. Retrieved on April 17, 2012.
See also
* Conviasa Flight 2350
On 13 September 2010, Conviasa Flight 2350, an ATR 42 on a domestic passenger service from Porlamar to Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, crashed shortly before landing, killing 17 of the 51 people on board; 23 others were injured.
Accident
The fligh ...
* Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518
Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 was an ATR 42–300 twin- turboprop aircraft, registration YV1449, operating as a scheduled domestic flight from Mérida, Venezuela, to Caracas that crashed into the side of a mountain on 21 February 2008, s ...
* West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a West Caribbean Airways charter flight that crashed in northwest Venezuela in the early hours of Tuesday, 16 August 2005, killing all 160 passengers and crew on board. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, ...
References
External links
Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil
(Archive)
Aviation organizations based in Venezuela
Government agencies of Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
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