Interstate Aviation Committee

In the Soviet Union, the State Supervisory Commission for Flight Safety (Gosavianadzor), under the Council of Ministers,{{cite web|author=Kutskov, Alexey |title=Investigating Foreign Aircraft Accidents In the U.S.S.R. |url=http://flightsafety.org/fsd/fsd_dec90.pdf |work=Flight Safety Digest |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation |access-date=2 February 2013 |date=December 1990 |page=4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616220407/http://flightsafety.org/fsd/fsd_dec90.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2013 }} () was the predecessor of the IAC."[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10292A1AE6203E62&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D Russian Duma calls for more state control over aviation safety]." Vremya Novostey, Moscow, in the BBC Archive (BBC Monitoring International Reports). May 13, 2004. "[...]former USSR republics back in December 1991, is considered the successor to the USSR State Commission for Oversight of Aircraft Safety (Gosavianadzor)." The Gosavianadzor conducted aircraft accident and incident investigations. until the IAC was established{{cite web|url=http://www.aviation.am/eng/qart/history.htm |title=History |publisher=General Department of Civil Aviation at the Government of the Republic of Armenia |access-date=2010-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721223113/http://www.aviation.am/eng/qart/history.htm |archive-date=July 21, 2011 }} in Minsk on 25 December 1991.

The IAC has been accredited by ICAO as an intergovernmental organisation which may be invited to attend suitable ICAO meetings (officially, ICAO does not classify these as observers).{{Cite web|url=https://www.icao.int/about-icao/Pages/Invited-Organizations.aspx|title=Organizations able to be invited to ICAO Meetings|website=ICAO|access-date=2019-03-04}}

The Aviation Accident Investigation Commission of the IAC cooperates with the Federal Air Transport Agency in investigations of aviation accidents.{{cite web|url=http://avherald.com/h?article=40cba259&opt=3585|title=Crash: Aeroflot-Nord B735 at Perm on Sep 14th 2008, impacted ground while on approach to Perm}} One publicly known and controversial IAC investigation was the 2010 plane crash that killed Polish president Lech Kaczyński.{{cite news|url=http://www.interfax.co.uk/russia-news/polish-representative-in-iac-sees-errors-in-iac-report-part-2|title=Polish representative in IAC sees errors in IAC report|date=January 12, 2011|work=Interfax|access-date=April 15, 2013}}{{cite journal|last=Рубникович|first=Олег|date=April 14, 2010|script-title=ru:Российские и польские следователи разделили самописцы|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1354084?isSearch=True|journal=Kommersant|language=ru|access-date=April 15, 2013}}]

The committee is head-quartered in Yakimanka District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia. Since 1991, Tatiana Anodina had been the chairperson of the committeeKuznetsova, Elizaveta (Елизавета Кузнецова). "[http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2117405?isSearch=True "Аэрофлот" не прошел регистрацию на рейс] {{in lang|ru}}." Kommersant. No. 18 (5049). 1 February 2013. Retrieved on 19 April 2013. "Участники отрасли и эксперты полагают, что проблемы возникли из-за нерасторопности комитета, который возглавляет Татьяна Анодина — мать Александра Плешакова, совладельца "Трансаэро", основного конкурента "Аэрофлота"."Kryukov, Dimitri (Дмитрий Крюков). "[http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1150561?isSearch=True Запасной аэродром]." {{in lang|ru}}. Kommersant. No. 18 (5049). 1 February 2013. Retrieved on 19 April 2013. "Последняя — единственная частная компания в шорт-листе. Свыше 80% ее контролирует семья Плешаковых в лице Ольги, ее мужа Александра и свекрови Татьяны Анодиной — одной из самых влиятельных фигур российской авиации. Анодина является бессменным председателем Межгосударственного авиационного комитета (МАК), ответственного за сертификацию самолетов на территории СНГ." until January 2023. There was press speculation regarding Anodina's conflict of interest in certifying aircraft with respect to Transaero's market position.{{cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2013/02/05/permit/|title="Аэрофлот" получил разрешение на эксплуатацию Boeing 777|date=2013-02-05|publisher=lenta.ru|language=ru}}{{cite web|url=http://www.vedomosti.ru/companies/news/8956211/boeing777_aeroflota_s_otklyuchennym_dvigatelem_sel_v|title=Boeing 777 "Аэрофлота" с отключенным двигателем сел в "Шереметьево"|date=2013-02-11|publisher=Ведомости (:en:Vedomosti)|language=ru}}

{{as of|2024|September}}, the following countries are named by the IAC{{cite web|url=https://mak-iac.org/en/|title=Home (English)|publisher=Interstate Aviation Committee|accessdate=2024-09-06|quote=The participants of the Agreement[...]}} as the Treaty participants:

• Azerbaijan
• Armenia
• Belarus
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Russia (partially, in aviation accidents investigation domain)
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan

• Georgia
• Despite the fact that Georgia withdrew from the Commonwealth of Independent States, {{as of|2011|lc=y}} Georgian authorities may still cooperate with the IAC.Brilyov, Sergei (Сергей Брилев). "[http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=650406 МАК предотвращает катастрофы]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140330221423/http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=650406 Archive]) Vesti. 3 December 2011. Retrieved on 6 April 2013. "- Это последнее поступление? Как я понимаю, это самописцы с самолета Ил-76, который потерпел катастрофу в Пакистане. Самолет был зарегистрирован в Грузии. Ошибки нет. Прозвучало слово "Грузия". Михаил Саакашвили мог выйти из СНГ, но грузинские авиаторы продолжают контактировать с МАК. Он - вне политики."
• Moldova
• In 1999 Government of Moldova announced its intention to reduce or end participation in the Civil Aviation and Airspace Use Multilateral Agreement.{{in lang|ro}} "[http://www.ipp.md/public/files/Publicatii/2001/integrarea_europeana/CAPITOLUL%20%20IV-IPP.doc Evaluarea stării actuale şi a perspectivelor colaborării Republicii Moldova în Comunitatea Statelor Independente] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415090507/http://www.ipp.md/public/files/Publicatii/2001/integrarea_europeana/CAPITOLUL%20%20IV-IPP.doc |date=2012-04-15 }}." Institute of Public Policy, on the Republic of Moldova. Retrieved on 5 November 2011.
• Ukraine"[http://www.mak.ru/english/english.html Main]." ([https://archive.today/20131119182006/http://www.mak.ru/english/english.html Archive]) Interstate Aviation Committee. Retrieved on November 19, 2013.
• Ukraine has its own independent civil aviation and accidents investigation agencies. Ukraine's participation was based on two agreements concluded within the CIS - a presidential decree."[http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/228-2012-%D0%BF КАБІНЕТ МІНІСТРІВ УКРАЇНИ ПОСТАНОВА від 21 березня 2012 р. № 228 Київ Про утворення Національного бюро з розслідування авіаційних подій та інцидентів з цивільними повітряними суднами]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130301120538/http://zakon4.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/228-2012-%D0%BF Archive]) Verkhovna Rada. Retrieved on 6 April 2013.[http://zakon.nau.ua/doc/?uid=1027.824.4&nobreak=1 Про затвердження Правил сертифікації типу авіаційної техніки] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630145055/http://zakon.nau.ua/doc/?uid=1027.824.4&nobreak=1 |date=2013-06-30 }} {{in lang|uk}}[https://www.president.gov.ua/news/ukrayina-vihodit-z-dvoh-ugod-ukladenih-u-mezhah-snd-ukaz-pre-66733 Ukraine is based on two agreements concluded within the CIS - a presidential decree]

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