The Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC; russian: Межгосударственный авиационный комитет, МАК) is an executive body of the

Civil Aviation Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military and non-state aviation, both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization and work ...

and Airspace Use Council of the

Commonwealth of Independent States The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of and has an estimated population of 239,796,010 ...

(CIS) and was formed in 1991Main
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Interstate Aviation Committee. Retrieved on 24 June 2010. Member list: "By present time the participants of the Agreement are republics ''Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine''." Address: "119017, Moscow, Russia Bolshaya Ordynka str. 22/2/1

: Address: "119017, Москва, Россия ул.Большая Ордынка, 22/2/1" Member list: "Участниками Соглашения к настоящему времени являются ''Азербайджанская Республика, Республика Армения, Республика Беларусь, Грузия, Республика Казахстан, Кыргызская Республика, Республика Молдова, Российская Федерация, Республика Таджикистан, Туркменистан, Республика Узбекистан и Украина.''" according to the Civil Aviation and Airspace Use

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, signed on 25 December 1991.

History

In the Soviet Union, the State Supervisory Commission for Flight Safety (Gosavianadzor), under the

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, () was the predecessor of the IAC. The Gosavianadzor conducted aircraft accident and incident investigations. until the IAC was established in

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on 25 December 1991. The IAC has been accredited by

ICAO 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 a ...

as an intergovernmental organisation which may be invited to attend suitable ICAO meetings (officially, ICAO does not classify these as observers). The Aviation Accident Investigation Commission of the IAC cooperates with the

Federal Air Transport Agency The Federal Air Transport Agency (russian: Федеральное агентство воздушного транспорта - ''Federalnoye agentstvo vozdushnogo transporta'', ''FAVT''), also known as Rosaviatsiya (russian: Росавиац� ...

in investigations of aviation accidents. One publicly known and controversial IAC investigation was the 2010 plane crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczyński.

Governance

The committee is head-quartered in Yakimanka District,

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Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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. Since 1991, Tatiana Anodina has been the chairperson of the committee. There was press speculation regarding Anodina's

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in certifying aircraft with respect to

Transaero Transaero (russian: Трансаэро), officially ''OJSC Transaero Airlines'' (russian: ОАО «АК „ТРАНСАЭРО“», Открытое акционерное общество «Авиационная компания „ТРАНС ...

's market position.

Participating states

Current

, the following countries are named by the IACMain
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Interstate Aviation Committee. Retrieved on November 19, 2013. as the Treaty participants: *

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''O ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

Moldova Moldova ( , ; ), officially the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Republica Moldova), is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised state of Transnistri ...

**In 1999 Government of Moldova announced its intention to reduce or end participation in the Civil Aviation and Airspace Use

. The IAC's official web site still names Moldova among participating states *

(partially, in aviation accidents investigation domain) *

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

Former

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

**Despite the fact that Georgia withdrew from the Commonwealth of Independent States, Georgian authorities may still cooperate with the IAC. *

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

**Ukraine has its own independent

civil aviation Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military and non-state aviation, both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization and work ...

and accidents investigation agencies. Ukraine is based on two agreements concluded within the CIS - a presidential decree.Ukraine is based on two agreements concluded within the CIS - a presidential decree
/ref> The IAC's official web site still names Ukraine among participating states.

References

External links

Interstate Aviation Committee

Interstate Aviation Committee
* * {{Authority control Commonwealth of Independent States Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents Aviation organizations based in Russia 1991 establishments in Russia Organizations established in 1991