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<h2>Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Malaysia and Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370</h2>
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<p>The Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Malaysia "is established as an agency under the Ministry of Transport (MOT) Malaysia to provide safe, efficient and orderly flow of air transportation, and to regulate aviation activities in Malaysia."  </p>
<p>The DCA ensures compliance with standards and recommended practices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and administers the following Malaysian legislation </p>
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<li>Civil Aviation Act 1969 </li>
<li>Malaysia Civil Aviation Regulations 1996 </li>
<li>Aviation Offences Act 1984 </li>
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<p><u>Note</u>: The above information was current when Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing on {{Day 001}}. The DCA is now CAAM - Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia.</p>
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<h3>MH370 Investigation and the DCA - Key Dates</h3>
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<p>The first report on the loss of MH370 was the [[Preliminary Report 03/2014|MALAYSIA MH 370 PRELIMINARY REPORT SERIAL 03/2014]] dated 9 April 2014 by the Office of the Chief Inspector of Air Accidents, Ministry of Transport, Malaysia. This report was written for, and submitted to, the ICAO and not made public until 1 May 2014. </p>
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<dt>{{Day 049}}</dt>
<dd><p>The Minister of Transport Malaysia, Hishamuddin Hussein, established the [[Malaysia/Annex_13_Investigation_Team|The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370]] under Regulation 126(1) of the Malaysian Civil Aviation Regulations (MCAR) 1996.<br />
Dato’ Ir. Kok Soo Chon was appointed Investigator-in-Charge to head the <i>The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370</i></p>
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<dt>{{Day 074}}</dt>
<dd>The DCA and Inmarsat (UK) released a joint [[MH370News:2014/Day 074|Press Statement]] regarding the MH370 'data communication logs'.</dd>
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<dt>{{Day 081}} </dt>
<dd>The DCA released the [[Communications:SATCOM Logs|MH370 Data Communication Logs]] together with a short [[MH370News:2014/Day 081|Press Statement]].</dd>
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<dt>{{Day 328}}  </dt> <!-- 29 January 2015 -->
<dd>[[MH370News:2015/Day 328#Rahman|ANNOUNCEMENT ON MH370 BY DIRECTOR GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION MALAYSIA]] </dd>
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<dt>{{Day 514}} PARIS </dt> <!-- 3 AUGUST 2015 -->
<dd>UPDATE ON FLAPERON FOUND ON REUNION ISLAND http://www.dca.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DG-DCA-Media-Statement-Update-on-Flaperon-Found.pdf</dd>
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<dt>{{Day 1445}}</dt> <!-- 19 February 2018 -->
<dd>The Department of Civil Aviation (Malaysia) was transformed into the Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia (CAAM).<br />
Legislation enabling the change was passed in the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) on {{Day 992}}. The <i>Civil Aviation Act 1969</i> was also amended.</dd>
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<dt>{{Day 1606}} </dt>
<dd>The <i>[[SIR 2018:Report|{{Template:SIR2018/Ref}}]]</i> is released by the The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370.<br />
The Report highlighted a number of deficiencies which should have been addressed by the DCA.  </dd>
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<dt>{{Day 1607}} </dt>
<dd>The Director General of Civil Aviation, Dato' Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, submitted his resignation. </dd>
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<p>The responsibilities of the Department of Civil Aviation are defined by legislation in the Malaysian Civil Aviation Regulations (MCAR) 1996.</p>

<p>The relevant extract from MCAR is included here: [[Malaysia/Legislation/CIVIL_AVIATION_REGULATIONS_1996_PART_XII|PART XII - INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS]]</p>
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<h3>Website</h3>
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<p>Following the transition to CAAM, the DCA website URL www.dca.gov.my is not accessible. </p>
<p>Information relevant to MH370 (and MH17) can be accessed two ways:-</p>
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   <li>As at May 2022, from the portal for the Ministry of Transport (Malaysia) at <html><a href="https://www.mot.gov.my/en/" target="_blank>www.mot.gov.my/en/</a></html>. From the MoT portal select <i>Aviation</i>. Below <i>Reports and Stats</i> are links for MH370 and MH17. Under <i>Agencies</i> there is a link to the <i>Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM)</i>.</li>
   <li>From the Internet Archive or Wayback Machine which is accessed at <html><a href="https://web.archive.org" target="_blank">web.archive.org</a></html>. Enter the URL <i>www.dca.gov.my</i> and the Wayback Machine will respond with a graphic which indicates when 'snapshots' of the DCA website were archived. For a sense of what the website looked like before MH370 select a date prior to March 2014. For access to news and the Preliminary Report for MH370 select a date late in 2014. For example, a snapshot archived on 13 October 2014 is accessed <html><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141012224237/http://www.dca.gov.my/mainpage.html" target="_blank">here</a></html>. This has some content relevant to both MH370 and MH17. Unfortunately, some content, such as the MH370 Newsroom, may not have been captured. But browse through the archives and you may find something useful.</li>
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<p>Wherever possible it is the intention, on this website, to include content which is no longer publicly accessible or hard to find.</p>




<h3>Legislation (as at 2014)</h3>
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<p>The DCA ensures compliance with standards and recommended practices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and administers the following Malaysian legislation </p>
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<li>Civil Aviation Act 1969 </li>
<li>Malaysia Civil Aviation Regulations 1996 <br />
[[Malaysia/Legislation/CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1996 PART XII|CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1996 PART XII]]</li>
<li>Aviation Offences Act 1984 </li>
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