Cape Verde
The Member States hereby establish the Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency as an independent body under the Banjul Accord Group. The BAGAIA shall conduct, either in whole or any part of, an investigation into an aircraft accident or serious incident upon delegation by a State of Occurrence in the BAG Sub-Region, by mutual arrangement and consent between the State of Occurrence and the BAGAIA. This Investigation shall be carried out in compliance with International Standards.The Office of the Commissioner shall be located in Praia, Cape Verde.
Historical Background
Formerly in Cabo Verde, the means in use for the prevention and investigation of accidents and incidents in air and maritime transport systems were provided for by two entities, namely the Commission for the Prevention and Investigation of Aircraft Accidents (CPIAA) and the Office for the Prevention and Investigation of Maritime Accidents (GPIAM), created, respectively, by Decree-Laws nº38 / 2009 and nº17 / 2016.
CPIAA was only effectively implemented in 2018, a year that marks the starting point for the implementation of an aviation accident prevention and investigation system.
With the emergence of the Institute for the Prevention and Investigation of Aeronautical and Maritime Accidents (IPIAAM), through the merger of CPIAA and GPIAM by Decree-Law N.º62 /2018, of 12 December, Cabo Verde took a significant step in the prevention of accidents in the areas of air and maritime transport, allowing the country to align with international good practices, on the one hand, and create conditions for greater efficiency and effectiveness in the use of available resources, on the other.
Executive Director -IPIAAM Aeronautical Sector
Engr. Jorge Manuel Rodrigues
Relevant training:
• DHC-6 TWIN OTTER – 1982
• Embraer 120/ Brazilia, 1991, (S. José dos Campos-Brazil);
• Hawaker Siddley HS-748 serie 2ª, 1993, Inglaterra;
• Dornier 228-200, 1994, Cabo Verde;
• ATR-42/300 & “Engine Run-Up”, 1994, Toulouse/França;
• Line Maintenance Hamilton Standard Propeller, Model 14 SF, 1995 USA;
• Boeing 757 PW 2000/37 & 40, ETOPS operations, 1996, Seattle-USA;
• Initial Pedagogical training for Trainers, 2005, Mundi Serviços -Lisbon
• Engine Run Up e Táxi Boeing 757 PW 2000/37 & 40, Seattle-USA;
• ATR-42/72 -500 & “Engine Run-Up”, 2007.
• ATR instructor training-2011 – Toulouse –França
• IOSA Auditor training by IATA-2017
• SMS Train the Trainer course by IATA-2017
• SMS Training course by IATA -2018
• Aircraft Accident Investigation Orientation for Aviation Professionals, NTSB, Virginia
Professional career:
• May 1982 – Starting Job at TACV on the Maintenance and Planning Department;
• February 1985 – Nominated as a coordinator of the Maintenance Reliability Department;
• July 1985 – Nominated to be a Manager of the Maintenance and Planning Control Department;
• January de 1987- Nominated as TACV Line Maintenance Manager;
• December 1992 – Nominated as Maintenance Quality Inspector;
• January 1993 – Nominated as an Instructor;
• February 2000 – Appointed to coordinate an Operational Control Center Implementation;
• January 2001 – Nominated as Engineering and Maintenance Division Manager of TACV;
• March 2003 – Member of ETOPS team;
• August 2005 – Invited and nominated to assume Engineering and Maintenance Manager Position at new company Halcyon Air;
• October 2007 – Nominated to assume the responsibility as TACV Manager of Maintenance Training;
• August 2012 – Invited and nominated to assume Engineering and Maintenance Manager Position at new company Air 26, Angola;
• Since December 2015, appointed as instructor at Maintenance Training Department;
• Executive Director for aeronautical branch at Institute for Prevention and Investigation Aeronautical and Maritime Accidents since 2019;
• Nominated Secretary of Technical Committees (TC1) of BAGAIA (Banjul Accord Group Accident Investigation Agency).