The Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board (KAIB, ) was a South Korean agency that investigated

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. Around 2005 its headquarters were in

Gonghang-dong Gonghang-dong () is a '' dong'' (neighborhood) of Gangseo District, Seoul, South Korea. The name ''gonghang'' literally means "airport", which is due to Gimpo International Airport located in the area. Korean Air's headquarters, Korean Airport Se ...

Gangseo-gu Gangseo-gu (), or "''west of river'' district," is the name of a ''gu'' in 2 South Korean cities: * Gangseo District, Busan * Gangseo District, Seoul See also * Kangso-guyok, district of Nampo, North Korea {{Set index ...

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, near

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 ...

, and its

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cockpit voice recorder A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents. The device may often be referred to colloquially as a "black box", an outdated nam ...

and wreckage laboratory was located on the property of Gimpo Airport. Around 2004 it had been headquartered in

Gwacheon Gwacheon (; ) is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies close to Seoul in the heart of the Seoul National Capital Area, and also lies just east of Anyang, Gyeonggi, Anyang. Seoul Subway Line 4 pa ...

Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi Province (, ) is the most populous administrative divisions of South Korea, province in South Korea. Seoul, the nation's largest city and capital, is in the heart of the area but has been separately administered as a list of provinc ...

. The agency was established on August 12, 2002, replacing the Investigation Division of the

Civil Aviation Bureau The is the civil aviation authority of Japan and a division of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). Its head office is in the MLIT building in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is the Japanese equivalent of the U.S. ...

Ministry of Construction and Transportation The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT; ) is a cabinet-level division of the government of South Korea. Its headquarters is in the Sejong Government Office in Sejong City. Previously the agency was headquartered in the 4th buil ...

. On July 10, 2006, the

Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board The Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB, ) is an agency of the South Korean government that investigates aviation and railway accidents, subservient to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and headquart ...

formed as a result of a merger between the KAIB and the Railway Accident Investigation Board.

Investigations

Air China Flight 129 Air China Flight 129 (CCA129/CA129) was a scheduled international passenger flight, operated by Air China, from Beijing Capital International Airport to Gimhae International Airport in Busan. On 15 April 2002, the aircraft on this route, a Boeing ...

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Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents Government agencies of South Korea Transport in South Korea 2002 establishments in South Korea 2006 disestablishments in South Korea Aviation organizations based in South Korea {{Aviation-org-stub