title: Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Algeria)
text: # Ministry of Public Works and Transport (Algeria)
  
  The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (French: Ministère des Travaux Publics et des Transports), formerly the Transport Ministry (Arabic: وزارة اﻟﻨﻘﻞ, French: Ministère des Transports) is a government ministry of Algeria. Its head office is in El Biar, Algiers.
  
  The Directorate of Civil Aviation and Meteorology (DACM, French: Direction de l'Aviation Civile et de la météorologie) serves as the civil aviation authority and the authority for investigation of accidents and incidents.
  
  The Direction of the Merchant Navy (French: Direction de La Marine Marchande) investigates maritime accidents and incidents.
  
  There is also a commission of inquiry on rail accidents (administrative commission of inquiry into railway accidents and incidents, French: commission d'enquête administrative en matière d'accident et d'incident ferroviaires).
  
  ## Investigations of air accidents
  
  * Air Algérie Flight 6289
  