Should RAIO AIG experts assigned to the investigation not be able to travel to the State of Occurrence (which does not host the RAIO), it is imperative that the State of Occurrence ensure that its accident investigation authority has the means to handle on-site investigations without the assistance of the RAIO AIG experts. In this connection, it is recalled that some of the roles of the State's accident investigation authority would be to institute the investigation as per Standard 5.1 of Annex 13; and to ensure that the wreckage is properly protected as required in Standard 3.3 of Annex 13, which reads:
"The State of Occurrence shall take all reasonable measures to protect the evidence and to maintain safe custody of the aircraft and its contents for such a period as may be necessary for the purposes of an investigation. Protection of evidence shall include the preservation, by photographic or other means, of any evidence which might be removed, effaced, lost or destroyed. Safe custody shall include protection against further damage, access by unauthorized persons, pilfering and deterioration."
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