Finland to take chairmanship of International Transportation Safety Association (ITSA)

Press release
Safety Investigation Authority, Finland

Safety In­ves­ti­ga­tion Au­thor­ity, Fin­land (SIAF) took the chair­man­ship of ITSA on 18 May 2021 in a two-day vir­tual meet­ing when Chief Com­mis­sioner Greg Hood from the Aus­tralian Trans­port Safety Bu­reau (ATSB) passed the chair­man­ship to Ex­ec­u­tive Di­rec­tor, pro­fes­sor Veli-Pekka Nurmi.

ITSA is an international network of heads of independent safety investigation authorities. The association has a rotating chairmanship. ITSA was established in October 1993 and is composed of independent safety investigation authorities from 18 countries. ITSA’s aim is to contribute significantly to the safety of the traveling public. The association is built on the notion that an international network, which brings together the safety investigation agencies from many nations, would be a mutually beneficial forum to share safety information and further develop practices and future was of cooperation.

The next physical meeting will be held in Finland in May/June 2022 situation permitting.

More information: Executive Director, professor Veli-Pekka Nurmi, tel. +358 295 150 701

Current ITSA members:

  • Argentina – Transportation Safety Board (JST)
  • Australia – Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
  • Canada – Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB)
  • Finland – Safety Investigation Authority (SIA)
  • France – Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la sécurité de l’aviation civile (BEA)
  • India – Commission of Railway Safety (CRS)
  • Japan – Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB)
  • Republic of Korea – Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB)
  • Papua New Guinea – Papua New Guinea Acc. Invest. Comm. (AIC)
  • The Netherlands – Dutch Safety Board (DSB)
  • New Zealand – Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC)
  • Norway – Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN)
  • Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet republics) – Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC)
  • Singapore — Transport Safety Investigation Bureau of Singapore(AAIB)
  • Sweden – Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens haverikommission SHK)
  • Chinese Taipei – Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB)
  • United Kingdom – Board of Transport Accident Investigators (BTAI), representing:
  • United States – National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
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