Aviation Safety
CO-OPERATION ARRANGEMENT ON AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION AND SEARCH AND RESCUE
In Hong Kong
Under Annex 12 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, Contracting States are obliged to provide search-and-rescue services within their designated search-and-rescue region.
In April 2004, the Hong Kong CAD signed a Co-operation Arrangement on Aircraft Accident Investigation and Search and Rescue with the CAAC with a view to establishing procedures to facilitate joint search-and-rescue operations as well as improved coordination and communications.
Assistance from the Mainland will be sought for the purpose of search-and-rescue and salvage of the wreckage should an aircraft accident or serious incident occur in the Hong Kong Flight Information Region, which covers an area of 276,000 square kilometers extending over the South China Sea. Both Hong Kong and the Mainland will also be responsible for ensuring that an investigation into an accident or serious
