Ethiopian_Civil_Aviation_Authority

Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority

Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority

Ethiopian government agency

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA, Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ሲቪል ኤቪዬሽን ባለሥልጣን) is an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Government of Ethiopia. It was established under Proclamation No. 273/2002.[3]

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The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Accident Prevention and Investigation Bureau conducts aircraft accident investigations in Ethiopia or involving Ethiopian aircraft.[4] The Flight Safety Department of the Ethiopian CAA conducted aircraft accident investigations in Ethiopia and/or involving Ethiopian aircraft.[5]

History

The first aircraft flight in Ethiopia was the Potez 25, piloted by Frenchman André Millet, which landed just west of Addis Ababa from Djibouti in 1929.

In 1930, French instructor Gaston Vidal created an aviation school in Djidjiga which trained the first pilots and mechanics.

Ethiopia was one of the few African countries present at the Chicago Conference in December 1944 and to participate in the creation of the International Civil Aviation Organization. Ethiopian Airlines was soon after established in 1945 and operated just 6 DC-3s.

On 3 December 1996 the Direction Generale de l'Aviation Civile des Comores of the Comoros agreed to delegate the investigation of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 to the ECAA.[6]

The investigation into the crash of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 serving Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on 10 March 2019 is led by the ECAA. They published the preliminary report on 4 April 2019.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ethiopian Aviation Budgets 143.4 Million Birr". www.2merkato.com. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  2. [2]
    Monitor, Ethiopian (2022-01-13). "PM Abiy Names New Director-General for Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority". Ethiopian Monitor. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
  3. [3]
    Home. Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. 16 January 2010. Retrieved on 11 April 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Accident" (Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine). Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved on 19 August 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Ethiopian Airlines B767(ET-AIZ) Aircraft Accident in the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, in the Indian Ocean on November 23, 1996" (PDF). Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. 4 May 1998. p. 3/99. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Ethiopian Airlines B767(ET-AIZ) Aircraft Accident in the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, in the Indian Ocean on November 23, 1996" (PDF). Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. 4 May 1998. p. 6/99 (Preface). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015.
  7. [7]
    "Aircraft Accident Investigation Preliminary Report, Ethiopian Airlines Group, B737-8 (MAX) Registered ET-AVJ, 28 NM South East of Addis Ababa, Bole International Airport, March 10, 2019". Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019.



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