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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(DGCA aircraft-incident investigation — CIC,Central Information Commission RTI,RTI §4,RTI §7,RTI §8,DGCA,AAIB,aviation safety,§8(1)(h))&metatag-description=(AAIB final incident reports disclosable post-investigation; flight-data recorder data subject to aviation-safety protocol.)}}
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 +====== DGCA aircraft-incident investigation — CIC ======
 +
 +<WRAP center round info 95%>
 +**Central Information Commission** · 2023-01-01 · Citation awaited
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +//AAIB final reports disclosable post-investigation; cockpit voice recorder raw data protected by aviation-safety rules.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Central Information Commission |
 +^ Decided | 2023-01-01 |
 +^ Citation | Citation awaited |
 +^ Petitioner | Passenger / researcher |
 +^ Respondent | DGCA / AAIB |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §8(1)(h) |
 +^ Outcome | Partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +AAIB final incident reports disclosable post-investigation; flight-data recorder data subject to aviation-safety protocol.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) under DGCA conducts investigations into aviation incidents. Final published reports are §4(1)(b) material disclosable. Cockpit Voice Recorder and Flight Data Recorder raw data are subject to ICAO Annex 13 and Indian Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents) Rules — tightly restricted even post-investigation.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +DGCA, AAIB, aviation safety, §8(1)(h)
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/important-decisions/court/bhagat-singh-vs-cic|Bhagat Singh v. CIC]] (HC-DEL 2007)
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-cyber-attacks-public-authority-2023|Cyber-incident records of public authority — CIC]] (CIC 2023)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-bombay-rti-cooperative-bank-fraud-2022|Cooperative bank fraud investigation — Bombay HC]] (HC-BOM 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-karnataka-police-records-2021|Police complaint records — Karnataka SIC]] (SIC-KA 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-vigilance-investigation-2015|Vigilance investigation records — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2015)
 +
 +===== Related =====
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 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=7|All RTI cases turning on §7]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +
 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +
 +
 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
 +
 +{{tag>case-law court-cic section-4 section-7 section-8}}