Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board

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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]

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

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]