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India will maintain the Asia-Pacific Air Accident Investigation Fee for the primary time within the capital from October 28 to 31.
Roughly 90 plane accident investigators will be part of the Asia-Pacific Accident Investigation Group (APAC-AIG), an official announcement on Sunday (October 26, 2025) introduced.
The convention will probably be hosted by the Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on behalf of the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
The annual convention is attended by representatives of Worldwide Civil Aviation Group (ICAO) member states from the Asia-Pacific area and varied worldwide organizations.
“India will host the APAC-AIG assembly for the primary time. Roughly 90 representatives from air accident investigation authorities of Asia-Pacific international locations and ICAO will take part,” the discharge mentioned.
This convention is normally hosted by one of many ICAO member states within the APAC area. Civil Aviation Minister Okay. Rammohan Naidu is scheduled to inaugurate the occasion on October 28, 2025.
The assembly will focus on varied elements of plane accident investigations, together with processes and reporting.
The group’s conferences purpose to facilitate the sharing of experience, expertise and knowledge between accident investigation authorities.
The assertion mentioned the 2 international locations are additionally working to develop and strengthen cooperation between the 2 international locations to enhance accident investigation capabilities within the Asia-Pacific area.
The workshop on October 28 and 29 will embody AAIB, Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officers, and worldwide members to debate subjects associated to plane accident investigations.
“Representatives of ICAO member states from the Asia-Pacific area and AAIB stakeholders will maintain discussions on October 30 and 31,” the discharge states.
AAIB is chargeable for classifying security incidents involving plane working in Indian airspace as accidents or critical incidents.
We conduct an in depth investigation of the accident and advocate measures to enhance security. The AAIB is presently chargeable for investigating roughly 25 plane accidents, together with the June 12 crash of an Air India flight that killed 260 folks.
