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Hangul
  
항공ㆍ철도 사고 조사 위원회

Hanja
  
航空ㆍ鐵道 事故 調査 委員會

Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board

Revised Romanization
  
Hanggong cheoldo sago josa wiwonhoe

McCune–Reischauer
  
Hangkong ch‘ŏldo sago chosa wiwŏnhoe

The Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB, Korean: 항공ㆍ철도사고조사위원회) 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 headquartered in Sejong City.

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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 Complex in Sejong City. Its FDR/CVR Analysis and Wreckage Laboratory is on the property of Gimpo International Airport in Gwahae-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul.

Previously the headquarters of the ARAIB was in Gonghang-dong, Gangseo-gu, in proximity to Gimpo Airport.

Accidents investigated by the ARAIB

  • Asiana Airlines Flight 991
  • Also the ARAIB has a support role in the following investigations:

  • Asiana Airlines Flight 214
  • References

    Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board Wikipedia