Interstate Aviation Committee

History

In the Soviet Union, the State Supervisory Commission for Flight Safety (Gosavianadzor), under the Council of Ministers, was the predecessor of the IAC. The Gosavianadzor conducted aircraft accident and incident investigations. in Minsk on 25 December 1991.

The IAC has been accredited by ICAO 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 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 headquartered in Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. Since 1991, Tatiana Anodina had been the chairperson of the committee until January 2023. There was press speculation regarding Anodina's conflict of interest in certifying aircraft with respect to Transaero's market position.

Participating states

Current

, the following countries are named by the IAC as the Treaty participants:

• Azerbaijan
• Armenia
• Belarus
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Russia (partially, in aviation accidents investigation domain)
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

Former

• Georgia
  • Despite the fact that Georgia withdrew from the Commonwealth of Independent States, Georgian authorities may still cooperate with the IAC.
• Moldova
  • In 1999 Government of Moldova announced its intention to reduce or end participation in the Civil Aviation and Airspace Use Multilateral Agreement.
• Ukraine
  • Ukraine has its own independent civil aviation and accidents investigation agencies. Ukraine's participation was based on two agreements concluded within the CIS - a presidential decree.

References

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12. ru. ''[[Kommersant]]''. No. 18 (5049). 1 February 2029. Retrieved on 19 April 2013. "Последняя — единственная частная компания в шорт-листе. Свыше 80% ее контролирует семья Плешаковых в лице Ольги, ее мужа Александра и свекрови Татьяны Анодиной — одной из самых влиятельных фигур российской авиации. Анодина является бессменным председателем Межгосударственного авиационного комитета (МАК), ответственного за сертификацию самолетов на территории СНГ."
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