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Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission (航空・鉄道事故調査委員会, Koku-tetsudojiko chosa iinkai, ARAIC) is the commission belonging to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japan), founded in 1974 as Aircraft Accidents Investigation Commission . Its members are appointed by Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Japan) to research to find the causes of aircraft and railway accidents and possible improvements to prevent similar accidents in future. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (国土交通省; Kokudo-kōtsū-shō) is one of ministries of the Japanese government. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... The Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is the member of the Cabinet of Japan in charge of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. ...
After Shizukuishi aircraft accident on July 30, 1971 Aircraft Accidents Investigation Commission was founded in Ministry of Transport at that time. On March 8, 2000 a train accident occured in Tokyo and the former AAIC was restructured to ARAIC to deal with both aircraft and railway accidents. July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Weston Road railway corridor is very busy as it is, home to both the CN Weston Subdivision (a main GO Transit route handling all-day GO Train service between Toronto and Brampton) and the Canadian Pacific Railway Mactier Subdivision (CP Rail's only link to Western Canada from Toronto and a busy freight route).
As it is in the runway overshoot zone and has been involved in two major accidents, there have been calls for the ravine to be improved for safety, perhaps by replacing it with a culvert and levelling the terrain.
The first airport terminal was built in 1938 by the Toronto Harbour Commission and consisted of a standard frame terminal building from a converted farm house.
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