Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board

Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board
(in German) Schweizerische Sicherheitsuntersuchungsstelle; (in French) Service suisse d'enquête de securité; (in Italian) Servizio d'inchiesta svizzero sulla sicurezza; (in Romansh) Servetsch svizzer d'inquisiziun da segirezza
	; Offices of the STSB Rail/Navigation Division in Bern
Agency overview
Formed	2011
Jurisdiction	Federal administration of Switzerland
Minister responsible	Simonetta Sommaruga, Federal Councillor;
Parent agency	Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications
Website	www.sust.admin.ch

The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board (STSB, German: Schweizerische Sicherheitsuntersuchungsstelle; French: Service suisse d'enquête de securité; Italian: Servizio d'inchiesta svizzero sulla sicurezza) is a government agency of Switzerland. It investigates civil aviation accidents and incidents and cableway, roadway, waterway, and railway accidents. The head office is in Bern. The aviation division is based at Payerne Airport in Payerne and the rail/navigation division is based in Bern.^[1]

History

The Swiss Accident Investigation Board (German: Schweizerische Unfalluntersuchungsstelle; French: Service d'enquête suisse sur les accidents; Italian: Servizio d’inchiesta svizzero sugli infortuni) was established on 1 November 2011 when the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and the Investigation Bureau for Railway, Funicular and Boat Accidents merged.^[2] On 1 February 2015 the name was changed to its current name.^[3]

References

^ "Adresses^{[permanent dead link]}." [sic] Swiss Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved on 30 April 2013. "Swiss Accident Investigation Board SAIB Manegement board Bundeshaus Nord, Kochergasse 10 CH-3003 Berne" and "Aviation division Aéropôle 1 CH-1530 Payerne" and "Rail/Navigation division Monbijoustr. 51 A CH-3003 Berne"
^ "Swiss Accident Investigation Board SAIB." (Archive) Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications. Retrieved on 30 April 2013.
^ "Organisation" (Archive). Swiss Accident Investigation Board. Retrieved on 18 February 2015.