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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-19022026-270308
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 130]
NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2026/MAGHA 28, 1947
1214 GI/2026
MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 17th February, 2026
G.S.R. 136(E). — The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Aircraft (Investigation of
Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2025, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the
powers conferred by Sections 11, 12, 19, Sub-section (4) of Section 25, Sections 30 and 33 of the Bharatiya
Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 (16 of 2024), is hereby published as required by section 34 of the said Act, for
information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules
will be taken into consideration after a period of fifteen days from the date on which copies of the Gazette of
India, in which this notification is published, are made available to the public;
Objections or suggestions, if any, may be addressed to the Director-General of Aircraft Accident
Investigation Bureau, Udaan Bhawan, Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi-110003 or e-mailed to dg.aaib-
moca@gov.in or aaib.moca@nic.in ;
Any objection or suggestion which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft
rules before the expiry of the period specified above will be considered by the Central Government.
Draft Rules
1. (1) These Rules may be called the Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) (First
Amendment) Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the enabling clause of the preamble, for the words "Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers
conferred by sections 11, 12, 19, 30, 32 and 33 of the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 (16 of
2024) the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely: ", the following words
shall be substituted,-
"Now, therefore in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 11, 12, 19, 30, 32 and 33 of
the Bharatiya Vayuyan Adhiniyam, 2024 (16 of 2024) and in supersession of the Aircraft
(Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2017, except as respects things done or
omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government hereby makes the
following rules, namely:—".
[F. No. 1245/201/2025-D G Section-MOCA]
SHOBHIT GUPTA, Jt. Secy.
NOTE:- The principal rules were published on 10th November, 2025 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 829(E), dated the 7th November,
2025.
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GORAKHA NATH
YADAVA
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NATH YADAVA
Date: 2026.02.19 15:33:11 +05'30'