The Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Accidents in Civil Aviation and Rail (''Gabinete de Prevenção e Investição de Acidentes com Aeronaves e de Acidentes Ferroviários'', GPIAAF, "Office of Prevention and Investigation of Aircraft Accidents and Rail Accidents") is the
Portuguese
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aviation and rail accident and incident investigation authority. The agency is headquartered in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
. It is subordinate to the
Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications
The Ministry of Planning ( pt, Ministério do Planeamento), formerly Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications ( or ''MOPTC'') was a Portuguese government ministry. It had its head office in Lisbon.
The '' Gabinete de Prevenção e ...
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Guidance for Aircraft Accidents Investigation
." ''Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves''. Retrieved on 26 May 2011.
See also
* Air Transat Flight 236
Air Transat Flight 236 was a transatlantic flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal, from Toronto, Canada, that lost all engine power while flying over the Atlantic Ocean on August 24, 2001. The Airbus A330 ran out of fuel due to a fuel leak caused b ...
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Government of Portugal
Aviation organisations based in Portugal
Portugal
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