Investigations into accidents and incidents in civil aviation

This proposal for a directive sought to establish the fundamental principles governing national investigations of civil aviation accidents and incidents, in accordance with the most recent principles outlined by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO): it established the principle of an obligation to investigate and requested the Member States, first, to define a specific legal framework for defining the status of the investigation and the powers of the investigators and, secondly, to designate as competent a permanent qualified independent body, which would have to draw up a report for each investigation. �