Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Accidents in Civil Aviation and Rail

The Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Accidents in Civil Aviation and Rail (Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves e de Acidentes Ferroviários, GPIAAF) is the Portuguese aviation and rail accident and incident investigation authority. The agency is headquartered in Lisbon.^[1] It is subordinate to the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications.^[2]

Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Accidents in Civil Aviation and Rail

Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves e de Acidentes Ferroviários
Aviation accident and incident investigation authority overview
Jurisdiction	Portugal
Headquarters	Lisbon
Parent department	Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications
Website	Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves e de Acidentes Ferroviários (Portuguese)

Formerly it was the Office of Prevention and Investigation of Aircraft Accidents (Gabinete de Prevenção e Investigação de Acidentes com Aeronaves, GPIAA).

See also

• Air Transat Flight 236, 2001; Airbus 330 had to glide to the Azores after fuel leak, a result of poor maintenance
• Air Astana Flight 1388, 2018; Embraer E-Jet had to land at Beja Airbase after severe control problems, a result of a maintenance error
• Ascensor da Glória derailment, 2025; cable snapped on a funicular railway in Lisbon, killing 16