The ''Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board'' (JIAAC ) was the civil aviation accident investigation agency of
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
. The JIAAC had its headquarters in
Chacao,
Caracas
Caracas ( , ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas (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 northern p ...
,
Miranda State
Miranda State (, ) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela and the second most populous after Zulia State. As of the 2011 census, it had a population of 2,675,165 residents. It also has the greatest Human Development Index in Venezuela, according to ...
. 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 sch ...
. 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).
[Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Gabinete Cabinet]
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.
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Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport. Retrieved on April 17, 2012.
See also
* Conviasa Flight 2350
* Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518
* West Caribbean Airways Flight 708
West Caribbean Airways Flight 708 was a charter flight that crashed in northwest Venezuela in the early hours of 16 August 2005, killing all 160 passengers and crew on board. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, registra ...
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, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...
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