Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority
{{short description|Ethiopian government agency}}
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| formed = 2002
| agency_type = Governmental
| jurisdiction = Ethiopian government
| headquarters = Bole, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
| coordinates = {{coord|8.986216|38.793922|type:landmark_region:|display=inline,title}}
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| budget = 143.4 million birr (2012){{Cite web |title=Ethiopian Aviation Budgets 143.4 Million Birr |url=https://www.2merkato.com/news/alerts/1458-ethiopian-aviation-budgets-1434-million-birr |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=www.2merkato.com}}
| chief1_name = Getachew Mengiste
| parent_department = Ministry of Transport and Communications
| website = {{URL|http://www.ecaa.gov.et}}
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The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA, {{langx|am|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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100116112401/http://www.ecaa.gov.et/ Home]. Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. 16 January 2010. Retrieved on 11 April 2012.
The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Accident Prevention and Investigation Bureau conducts aircraft accident investigations in Ethiopia or involving Ethiopian aircraft."[http://www.ecaa.gov.et/accident.aspx Accident]" ({{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819085244/http://www.ecaa.gov.et/accident.aspx |date=2014-08-19 }}). Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved on 19 August 2014. The Flight Safety Department of the Ethiopian CAA conducted aircraft accident investigations in Ethiopia and/or involving Ethiopian aircraft.{{cite web|title=Ethiopian Airlines B767(ET-AIZ) Aircraft Accident in the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, in the Indian Ocean on November 23, 1996 |date=4 May 1998 |page=3/99 |publisher=Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority |url=http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/ET/1996-11-23-ET.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015746/http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/ET/1996-11-23-ET.pdf |archivedate=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}
History
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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.{{cite web|title=Ethiopian Airlines B767(ET-AIZ) Aircraft Accident in the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, in the Indian Ocean on November 23, 1996 |date=4 May 1998 |page=6/99 (Preface) |publisher=Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority |url=http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/ET/1996-11-23-ET.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924015746/http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports/dvdfiles/ET/1996-11-23-ET.pdf |archivedate=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecaa.gov.et/documents/20435/0/Preliminary+Report+B737-800MAX+%2C%28ET-AVJ%29.pdf/4c65422d-5e4f-4689-9c58-d7af1ee17f3e|title=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|date=4 April 2019|publisher=Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority|access-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404161640/http://www.ecaa.gov.et/documents/20435/0/Preliminary+Report+B737-800MAX+%2C%28ET-AVJ%29.pdf/4c65422d-5e4f-4689-9c58-d7af1ee17f3e|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.ecaa.gov.et Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ecaa.gov.et/ Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority] (Archive)
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Category:Organizations investigating aviation accidents and incidents
Category:Government agencies of Ethiopia
Category:Aviation organisations based in Ethiopia
Category:Civil aviation in Ethiopia
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