The government deprived of the powers of the IAC – RBC

Chairman of the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) Tatyana Anodina

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According to government regulation, the functions and powers of IAC certification of aircraft, engines and airfields redistributed between the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Industry and the Federal Air Transport Agency. The corresponding document was published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers on December 2.

In the explanation to the decree signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, stated that this decision is aimed at “improving the public safety management system of civil aircraft.”

«Currently, the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Industry and the Federal Air Transport Agency can provide the functions of certification of the type design of aircraft, engines, propellers and airfields in full,” – said in a statement on the government website.

Now, according to the document, federal aviation rules, in particular establishing the requirements for airworthiness of civil aircraft will be approved by the Ministry of Transport in agreement with the Ministry of Industry.

Earlier, a proposal to transfer some functions of IAC federal agencies issued the Public Chamber . As he wrote, “Kommersant”, citing sources familiar with the situation, the idea of ​​redistribution of powers between the MAK other agencies was discussed for a long time. One of the interlocutors edition noted that “in many ways is a hardware battle between Mac and Federal Air Transport Agency for the right to be a single regulator of the industry,” but the situation “escalated dramatically” after the decision of the IAC to suspend all certificates issued type on the aircraft of the Boeing 737.

November 5th IAC announced the recall of the certificate all modifications Boeing 737. The next day, representatives of the Committee released another statement in which it stated that after the accident involving a Boeing 737 in Kazan in November 2013 Rosaviation no action is taken to limit operation of these aircraft (one version of the causes of the crash was possible malfunction of the elevator).

The same day the Federal Air Transport Agency held a meeting with the representatives of airlines, Boeing, and the IAC on the prospects of operating a Boeing 737. After the co-owner of S7 Filev said Natalia that recalled the IAC released the letter, noting that “it does not mean anything.” The head of Federal Air Transport Agency Alexander Neradko confirmed that an IAC has been nullified. Committee approach he called “frivolous».

8 November IAC re-confirmed letter of suspension of the certificate for the Boeing 737 in Russia. The committee argued that the decision to reject a ban on Russian aviation operation of aircraft of this type was made without his participation.