BEIJING, March. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- British government's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigates air accidents in the U.K..
It is a branch of the Department for Transport and is based on the grounds of Farnborough Airport in Farnborough, Hampshire.
The AAIB was established in 1915 as the Accidents Investigation Branch (AIB) of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC).
After the end of World War I, the Department of Civil Aviation was set up in the Air Ministry and the AIB became part of that Department with a remit to investigate both civil and military aviation accidents.
Following the Second World War a Ministry of Civil Aviation was established and in 1946 the AIB was transferred to it, but continued to assist the Royal Air Force with accident investigations, a situation which has continued ever since.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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