Department of Civil Aviation (Malaysia)
Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) Malaysia
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."
The DCA ensures compliance with standards and recommended practices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and administers the following Malaysian legislation
- Civil Aviation Act 1969
- Malaysia Civil Aviation Regulations 1996
- Aviation Offences Act 1984
Note: The above information was current when Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing on Saturday, 8 March 2014. The DCA is now CAAM - Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia.
MH370 Investigation and the DCA - Key Dates
- Wednesday, 9 April 2014
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The first report on the loss of MH370 was the 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.
- Friday, 25 April 2014
The Minister of Transport Malaysia, Hishamuddin Hussein, established the The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370 under Regulation 126(1) of the Malaysian Civil Aviation Regulations (MCAR) 1996.
Dato’ Ir. Kok Soo Chon was appointed Investigator-in-Charge to head the The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370- Tuesday, 20 May 2014
- The DCA and Inmarsat (UK) released a joint Press Statement regarding the MH370 'data communication logs'.
- Tuesday, 27 May 2014
- The DCA released the MH370 Data Communication Logs together with a short Press Statement.
- Thursday, 29 January 2015
- ANNOUNCEMENT ON MH370 BY DIRECTOR GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION MALAYSIA
- Monday, 3 August 2015 PARIS
- 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
- Monday, 19 February 2018
- The Department of Civil Aviation (Malaysia) was transformed into the Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia (CAAM).
Legislation enabling the change was passed in the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) on Wednesday, 23 November 2016. The Civil Aviation Act 1969 was also amended. - Monday, 30 July 2018
- The
Safety Investigation Report MH370/01/2018
is released by the The Malaysian ICAO Annex 13 Safety Investigation Team for MH370.
The Report highlighted a number of deficiencies which should have been addressed by the DCA. - Tuesday, 31 July 2018
- The Director General of Civil Aviation, Dato' Azharuddin Abdul Rahman, submitted his resignation.
The responsibilities of the Department of Civil Aviation are defined by legislation in the Malaysian Civil Aviation Regulations (MCAR) 1996.
The relevant extract from MCAR is included here: PART XII - INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS
Website
Following the transition to CAAM, the DCA website URL www.dca.gov.my is not accessible.
Information relevant to MH370 (and MH17) can be accessed two ways:-
- As at May 2022, from the portal for the Ministry of Transport (Malaysia) at web.archive.org. Enter the URL www.dca.gov.my 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 here. 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.
Wherever possible it is the intention, on this website, to include content which is no longer publicly accessible or hard to find.
Legislation (as at 2014)
The DCA ensures compliance with standards and recommended practices of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and administers the following Malaysian legislation
- Civil Aviation Act 1969
- Malaysia Civil Aviation Regulations 1996
CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1996 PART XII - Aviation Offences Act 1984