ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Civil Aviation (Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation) Regulations, 2024
20. Flight recorders
Edition: 2025-01-31 · In force
20. Flight recorders
(1)The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department shall make effective use of flight recorders in the investigation of an accident or an incident.(2)The Aircraft Accident Investigation Department shall arrange for the read-out of the flight recorders without delay.(3)Where there are no adequate facilities to read out the flight recorders, such facilities available from other States may be used taking into consideration the—(a)capabilities of the read-out facility;(b)timeliness of the read-out; and(c)location of the read-out facility.(4)Where a Kenyan registered aircraft or an aircraft operated by a Kenyan operator is involved in an accident or serious incident and lands in a State other than the State of Occurrence, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department shall, upon request from the State conducting the investigation, furnish the latter State with the flight recorder records and, if necessary, the associated flight recorders.(5)Subject to subregulation 1, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Department shall make available any data from a flight recorder of an aircraft involved in an accident or incident without delay, and provide the State conducting the investigation with all such data available, and not divulge such data without the express consent of the State conducting the investigation.