Section 18(4) in The Aircraft (Investigation of Accidents and Incidents) Rules, 2012
(4)[Any accident or incident shall be notified to the Bureau and the Director-General not later than twenty four hours of such accident or incident, in the most suitable and quickest manner by the service providers and stakeholders specified below:-] [Substituted 'The relevant persons, service providers and stakeholders specified in sub-rule (2) shall include' by Notification No. G.S.R. 808(E), dated 23.10.2015 (w.e.f. 5.7.2012).](a)the operator and the commander of an aircraft which has a certificate of airworthiness issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation;(b)the operator and the commander of a foreign aircraft operating to, from or through India;(c)a person who carries on the business of maintaining or modifying an aircraft, which has a certificate of airworthiness issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, and a person who carries on the business of maintaining or modifying any equipment or part of such an aircraft;(d)a person who carries on the business of manufacturing an aircraft or any equipment or part of such an aircraft, in India;(e)a person who signs a certificate of release to service for an aircraft, which has a certificate of airworthiness issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, and a person "who signs a certificate of release to service for any equipment or part of such an aircraft;(f)a licensee or manager of a licensed aerodrome or a manager of an airport;(g)a person who performs a function as an air traffic controller;(h)the organisation which provides Air Navigation Services;(i)a person who performs a function concerning the installation, modification, maintenance, repair, overhaul, flight-checking or inspection of air navigation facilities which are utilized by a person who provides all air traffic control service; and(j)a person who performs a function concerning the ground-handing of aircraft including fuelling servicing load-sheet preparation loading deicing and towing at an airport.
