Complex sentence: The Department of Civil Aviation immediately began an investigation of the accident but this was cut short when the Minister, Arthur Drakeford announced that an Air Board of Inquiry, chaired by a Supreme Court Judge, would carry out the investigation.
Split into simpler sentences: The Department of Civil Aviation immediately began an investigation of the accident. The investigation was cut short when the Minister, Arthur Drakeford announced that an Air Court of Inquiry, chaired by a Supreme Court Judge, would carry out the investigation.