Responsibilities of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam in Investigating the aircraft incident or accident in foreign country

Responsibilities of the Ministry of Transport of Vietnam in Investigating the aircraft incident or accident in foreign country (Internet image) 

Decree 75/2007/ND-CP stipulates that where the investigation of aircraft incident or accident is carried out by other countries, the Ministry of Transport must:

- Provide the country where the aircraft incident or accident has occurred with the information on the aircraft and crew for the aircraft registered with Vietnamese nationality or operated by the Vietnamese operator right after receiving the notification.

- Provide the country where the aircraft incident or accident has occurred with the information on the aircraft which is designed or manufactured in Vietnam right after receiving the notification.

- Provide the information decoded from the black box for the country carrying out the investigation of aircraft incident or accident in accordance with the provisions specified in Appendix I of this Decree with the aircraft registered with Vietnamese nationality or operated by the Vietnamese operator;

- Provide the information on the dangerous cargo transported on aircraft operated by the Vietnamese operator for the country where the aircraft incident or accident has occurred right after receiving the notification.

- Information on passengers transported on aircraft.

In addition, the Ministry of Transport shall coordinate with the relevant Ministries and sectors to participate in the aircraft incident or accident which has occurred in foreign countries in the following cases:

- Aircraft bearing the Vietnamese nationality;

- Aircraft operated by the Vietnamese operator;

- Aircraft designed or manufactured by Vietnam.

Where the Vietnamese citizens are the victims in the aircraft incident or accident which has occurred in foreign countries but not subject to the cases specified in Paragraph 2 of this Article, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall coordinate with the country where the aircraft incident or accident has occurred to coordinate with the Ministry of Transport in investigation of accident.

More details can be found in Decree 75/2007/ND-CP which comes into force from June 16, 2007.

Ty Na

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