The Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Board (JIAAC ) was the civil aviation accident investigation agency of Venezuela. The JIAAC had its headquarters in Chacao, Caracas, Miranda State."Contacto de la JIAAC." Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil. Retrieved on May 6, 2011. "Dirección: Av. Francisco de Miranda, Edificio Sede Piso 20, Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil, Chacao, Caracas 1010, Distrito capital – Venezuela" Before its closure, it was an organization under the Ministry of Transport and Communications. It was originally the Air Accident Investigation Committee (CIAA, )."Accident in Machiques (Venezuela) on 16 August 2005." (Archive) Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile. Retrieved on 12 August 2012. Previously the JIAAC was an independent authority of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing."Executive Summary Venezuela." (Archive) International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved on May 6, 2011. That Ministry was known as the Ministry of Popular Power for Infrastructure () from January 2007 to March 2009, and was previously the Ministry for Infrastructure ( Minfra).Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Gabinete Cabinet, updated 2 February 2011, accessed 6 May 2011. Lorllys Ramos Acevedo was the final director of the JIAAC."Junta liderada por Minfra sigue el caso INVESTIGACION DEL SINIESTRO AEREO DE WEST CARIBBEAN TIENE 75% DE AVANCE ." Ministry of Infrastructure of Venezuela. August 21, 2006. Retrieved on August 12, 2012.

Now Venezuela has the Directorate General for the Prevention and Investigation of Aeronautical Accidents (), under the Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport."Organigrama." (Archive) Ministry of Aquatic and Air Transport. Retrieved on April 17, 2012.

See also

Conviasa Flight 2350 Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518 West Caribbean Airways Flight 708

References

External links Junta Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación Civil (Archive)