The Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB, ) is an agency of the
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
n government that investigates aviation and railway accidents, subservient to the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and headquartered in
Sejong City
Sejong or Sejong City (; ), officially Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a List of special cities of South Korea, special self-governing city and the ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the ...
.
The ARAIB opened on July 10, 2006. It was a merger of the
Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board and the Railway Accident Investigation Board.
Facilities
Its headquarters is in the MOLIT offices in the
Sejong Government Office in
Sejong City
Sejong or Sejong City (; ), officially Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a List of special cities of South Korea, special self-governing city and the ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the ...
. Its FDR/CVR Analysis and Wreckage Laboratory is on the property of
Gimpo International Airport
Gimpo International Airport , sometimes referred to as Seoul–Gimpo International Airport but formerly rendered in English as Kimpo International Airport, is located in the far western end of Seoul, some west of the Jung District, Seoul, cen ...
in
Gwahae-dong,
Gangseo District,
Seoul
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.
[
Previously the headquarters of the ARAIB was in Gonghang-dong, Gangseo District,][Office Location]
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Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved on February 15, 2012. "Main Office:281, Gonghang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Republic. of Korea 157-815" and "CVR/FDR analysis and wreckage laboratory : Gimpo International Airport 274 Gwahae-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea 157-711" in proximity to Gimpo Airport.
Accidents investigated by the ARAIB
* Asiana Airlines Flight 991
* Jeju Air Flight 2216
Also the ARAIB has a support role in the following investigations:
* Asiana Airlines Flight 214
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled Transpacific flight, transpacific passenger flight originating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco International Airport near San Francisco, California, United ...
See also
* Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal
The Korea Maritime Safety Tribunal (KMST, ) is an agency of the government of South Korea that investigates maritime accidents. Its head office is in the Government Complex, Sejong, Sejong Government Office in Sejong City. It is subordinate to the ...
(maritime accident investigation agency)
* Korea Office of Civil Aviation (South Korean civil aviation agency)
* The Korea Transport Institute (South Korean transport research institute)
References
External links
Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board
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Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board
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Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents
Government agencies of South Korea
2006 establishments in South Korea
Transport organizations based in South Korea
Rail accident investigators
Government agencies established in 2006
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport