Autoridad de Aviación Civil (El Salvador)
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The Civil Aviation Authoriy is the civil aviation agency of El Salvador
. The agency conducts investigations into aviation accidents and incidents
. The agency is headquartered in Ilopango
, San Salvador Department
. Honduran authorities delegated the investigation of the TACA Flight 390
incident to the Salvadoran Autoridad de Aviación Civil as per the Convention on International Civil Aviation
.
El Salvador
El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
. The agency conducts investigations into aviation accidents and incidents
Aviation accidents and incidents
An aviation accident is defined in the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, in which a...
. The agency is headquartered in Ilopango
Ilopango
Ilopango is a town in the San Salvador department of El Salvador. It is a few miles east of the nation's capital, San Salvador. It is located near Lake Ilopango, the country's largest lake at 72 square kilometers....
, San Salvador Department
San Salvador Department
San Salvador is a department of El Salvador in the west central part of the country. The capital is San Salvador, which is also the national capital. The department has North of the Rio Lempa Valley, the "Valle de las Hamacas" and a section of Lake Ilopango...
. Honduran authorities delegated the investigation of the TACA Flight 390
TACA Flight 390
TACA Flight 390 was a scheduled flight on May 30, 2008, by TACA Airlines from San Salvador, El Salvador, to Miami, Florida, United States, with intermediate stops at Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula in Honduras...
incident to the Salvadoran Autoridad de Aviación Civil as per the Convention on International Civil Aviation
Convention on International Civil Aviation
The Convention on International Civil Aviation, also known as the Chicago Convention, established the International Civil Aviation Organization , a specialized agency of the United Nations charged with coordinating and regulating international air travel...
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