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Ministry of Civil Aviation and Successors: Services Accidents Investigation ( AI/S...

Catalogue reference: BT 233

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BT 233

Files of the Accidents Investigation Branch relating to accidents to service aircraft.

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BT 233

Title
Ministry of Civil Aviation and Successors: Services Accidents Investigation ( AI/S Series) Files
Date

1950-1962

Description

Files of the Accidents Investigation Branch relating to accidents to service aircraft.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

AI/S file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Ministry of Aviation, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1959-1967
  • Ministry of Civil Aviation, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1946-1953
  • Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Accidents Investigation Branch, 1953-1959
Physical description

445 file(s)

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure

Subjects
Topics
Air transport
Administrative / biographical background

The Ministry of Civil Aviation Act 1945, transferred to the Minister of Civil Aviation responsibility first established by the Air Navigation Act 1920, S.12 for making regulations providing for the investigation of any accident to civil aircraft arising out of or in the course of air navigation and occurring in or over the UK or the territorial waters adjacent thereto, or elsewhere to British aircraft registered in the UK.

In accordance with regulation 4(1) of the Air Navigation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations 1922, an Accidents Investigation Branch under a Chief Inspector of Accidents was established in the Air Ministry. Upon request the Branch gave assistance to the appropriate authorities in the investigation of accidents to service aircraft.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3270/

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