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Laws & RegulationsThe Aviation Investigation Bureau (AIB) enhances the level of air safety in the Kingdom
October 14, 2021
The Aviation Investigation Bureau (AIB) revealed the accidents in which investigated during the year (2020-2021), the most prominent of which was the accident of the plane’s tail friction with the ground during an attempt to take off from the runway before reaching the standard speed appropriate to the actual weight of the plane and its payload. Another accident was of a plane crashing and falling in mountainous terrain, where investigations showed that the pilot of the plane tried in the last minutes to avoid the mountain peaks due to the lack of visibility, and the investigation concluded that the cause of the accident lies in poor planning by the pilot, and poor preparation for the flight, among other factors.
The Aviation Investigations Bureau in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia improves and enhances the safety of civil aviation by conducting accident and incident investigations, preparing the necessary studies to enhance air safety, providing recommendations related to aviation safety and following them up in accordance with international safety standards and practices. Included in the scope of the Bureau’s responsibility (accidents and incidents) that occur in lands and territorial waters under the sovereignty of the Kingdom, as well as participating in investigations outside of its borders for aircraft registered in Saudi Arabia or operated by a Saudi. It also involves in accidents that occur in the international waters of a Saudi plane, as well as accidents and incidents that occur anywhere else, and is requested of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to investigate whether they are civil aircraft registered in the Kingdom or foreign aircraft.
It is worth noting that the Aviation Investigation Bureau is the body authorized to conduct investigations into aviation accidents and incidents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and submit its reports directly to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority of Civil Aviation. The Bureau also works on developing the infrastructure, facilities and equipments. Furthermore, it has cooperated with an American company (Plane Sciences) and international research center in order to come up with a Memory Access Retrieval System (MARS), which aims to download data from most of the crashed flight recorders as a result of accidents, by dispensing with the traditional method using operating platforms.
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