the Ministry of transport has developed a draft government resolution “On approval of rules of investigation of aviation incidents and incidents with civil aircraft in Russia”, the document published on regulation.gov for public discussion.
Agency investigations
the project says that the accident investigation will be engaged in authorized Federal Executive authority for accident investigation of the Federal air transport Agency (Rosaviatsia). At the same authority to participate in investigations elsewhere in the document named itself the Federal air transport Agency and any other authorised bodies in the 147-page text is not mentioned.
the accident is an event with an aircraft in which passengers, crew members or the evacuation of injured or where the vessel itself sustained considerable damage or lost. If in the accident one person died, it is classified as a disaster if done without human victims, it was an accident.
the Investigation of aviation incidents in Russia will be engaged in the Federal air transport Agency and its territorial branches, according to the draft. An incident is an event with an aircraft that affected or could affect the safety of flights.
the resolution was drafted on behalf of the government of Michael mishustina and should enter into force from 1 January 2021., reads the document.
What is the fate of the International Bureau of
This will be a major development in the case of investigation of air crashes and accidents. The government of Russia for several years intended to establish with the countries of the former USSR to the International Bureau for investigation of accidents and incidents. In October 2018, came the disposal of the government, which has approved a draft agreement with Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on the establishment of the Bureau. Headquarters Bureau located in Moscow, budget to be formed in rubles, and the working language to be Russian. In November 2018 entrance of Armenia and Russia even signed an agreement on the establishment of the Bureau, to it later needs to join the rest of the country.
In December of 2019 the government by its decree appointed head of the Federal Agency for transport supervision of the Minister representative of Russia in the governing Council of the International Bureau. But the creation of the Bureau itself was not reported, in Russia, according to “SPARK-Interfax”, the organization with such name is not registered, and the Ministry of transport of Russia there are no such subsidiaries.
Now, it turns out, the government wants to entrust the investigation of incidents the Federal air transport Agency. In a one-page explanatory note, the Ministry of transport indicates only that the draft resolution considers the signing of the agreement on the establishment of the International Bureau. But in the document, the Bureau is not mentioned even once.
“Bulletin” sent inquiries to the transport Ministry and the government. With the appointment of Michael mishustina Prime Minister the position of Federal air transport Agency has increased markedly. One of the first personnel decisions mishustina after the formation of the new Cabinet was to appoint the head of Federal air transport Agency Alexander Neradko at a time and the first Deputy Minister of transport. Previously, these positions were not aligned. Now Rosaviation can go and most important powers of inquiry.
Conflict MAC
Aviaprestige in Russia and 11 other former Soviet countries since 1991 to this day investigating the interstate aviation Committee (IAC). He established these countries headquarters located in Moscow. The permanent Chairman the POPPY Tatyana Anodina is.
In October 2015, the government stopped a second at the time the airline of the country of Transaero, a majority of which belonged to the son Anodina Alexander Pleshakov. Just a couple weeks after MACK canceled a validation in Russia of the type certificate for all models of the Boeing 737 is the most popular in the world and Russia civilian jet liner.
the Consequence of this decision was to stop all flights of Boeing-737 Russian airlines. Scandal. MAC explained their actions by the fact that the Agency itself has repeatedly stated the flawed design of the Elevator, Boeing-737, which according to Rosaviation it due Elevator crashed in 2013, Boeing-737 of airline “Tatarstan”.
His decision to make quickly canceled flights Boeing-737 was not damaged, but officials considered these actions are a response to “Transaero”. In December 2015, the government took the IAC authority for certification of Russian aircraft, they were transferred to the Federal air transport Agency, and in 2016 began to think about how to pick and investigation of accidents.
the MAC in recent years has often been criticized, including Federal officials, just combine the functions of aircraft certification and the investigation of catastrophes. This allegedly creates a conflict of interest: the MAC endorsed the safety of the structure on all aircraft models, and in the event of a disaster will not be objective. MAK the possibility of bias always denied.
Now the government wants to combine the functions of the Federal air transport Agency. In 2015, the authority for certification of the Federal air transport Agency received no relevant specialists or recognition by international regulators. This created serious problems for the aviation industry, aircraft manufacturers still continue to use the services of IAC.
“Vedomosti” has sent requests to the MAC, and the Federal air transport Agency.
