THE USE OF AVIATION ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORTS AS EVIDENCE IN COURT

• Main Authors: Sorana POP PĂUN, Mihai RADU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nicolae Titulescu University Publishing House 2016-05-01
• Series: Challenges of the Knowledge Society
• Subjects: accident; incident; Annex 13; ICAO; report.
• Online Access: http://cks.univnt.ro/uploads/cks_2016_articles/index.php?dir=03_public_law%2F&download=CKS+2016_public_law_art.066.pdf

Air transport is an essential part of the international society, constituting a liaison between people and continents and an important contributor to the world economy and globalization. Aircraft operation has grown in complexity needing for a safety level to be maintained and constantly grown. Along with the development of the aviation industry, the legal system in the aviation field has registered significant challenges, one of them being the claims related to air crashes which are contested. The investigation process of an accident or incident has become not only important for the safety of operations but also to the establishment of legal fault and blame. The article proposes to present the principles of conducting and accident and incident investigation, the value of the report and new developments in relation to the recent case law on the use of the accident investigation report in Court.